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Treasury halts business ownership information reporting

Housing Wire

Department of the Treasury announced that it will not be handing down penalties stemming from violations of the beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting rule as part of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). ALTA added that the Treasury announcement is likely to face legal challenges. This rule, which goes into effect Dec.

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Legal League: Paving the Path for Servicing Professionals

Appraisal Buzz

Hladik, Chair, Legal League This article originally appeared in the March 2025 edition of MortgagePoint magazine, online now. Hladik serves as Chair of Legal League , and is a Partner at Hladik, Onorato & Federman LLP. Q: What were some of the key accomplishments of Legal League in 2024?

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Georgia looks to protect residents from title theft with new law

Housing Wire

Brian Kemp signed a new law, which went into effect at the start of the year, that creates a spate of new requirements for those filing property-related documents and notaries involved in electronic document filing. In the worst-case scenario, the home goes into foreclosure and/or is deeded to a new purchaser.

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Navigating movement in the mortgage industry series: Due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

Housing Wire

The checklist covers such broad areas and topics as: organizational structure; litigation; compliance ; intellectual property; real property; financial and tax; labor and employment; material, vendor, and software contracts; insurance; and customers. The devil is in the details when it comes to due diligence.

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Highest and Best Use: A Superpower You Already Possess

Appraisal Buzz

Lets revisit the basics: In an H&BU analysis, real estate appraisers determine the most probable use of a property by applying four tests: whether the use is legally permissible , physically possible , financially feasible , and maximally productive. This requires a little detective work.

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The Value of Words in Valuation

Appraisal Buzz

As a minimum basis, a real property appraisal report written for the government sponsored entities (GSEs) and agencies are what USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) refers to as Appraisal Reports. The examples are not intended to imply that information on zoning is necessary in all appraisal reports.

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Velocity Conference Presents Solutions for an Evolving Market

Appraisal Buzz

Tax liens may be imposed for the purpose of collecting delinquent taxes which are owed on real property or personal property, or it may be imposed as a result of a failure to pay income taxes, or as a result of a failure to pay other taxes.

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