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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. The new law is beginning as police continue to warn residents about scammers filing fraudulent deeds.

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Legal League: Paving the Path for Servicing Professionals

Appraisal Buzz

A graduate of the Pennsylvania State University, he obtained his law degree from Widener University, with honors, where he served as Internal Managing Editor of the Law Review. Her experience has landed her several speaking engagements at training seminars, conferences, and continuing legal education courses on real property issues.

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New York Gov. Hochul signs bill giving flood risk ‘right to know’ to homebuyers

Housing Wire

Kathy Hochul (D) last week signed a bill into law that establishes a flood risk “right to know” for homebuyers. This legislation eliminates the ‘credit provision’ and requires the disclosure of information concerning flood risk, flood history, and flood insurance on real property transactions.”

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Remote online notarization is the proper path forward for digital closings

Housing Wire

In 2017, the associations collaborated to create standard legislation that is safe for consumers, ensures the transaction can be insurable and is technology neutral. To appreciate this improvement to the closing process, you need to understand the various laws that allow for digital closings at different stages of the transaction.

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Servicers, Attorneys, and Government Representatives to Convene at 2025 Legal League Summit

Appraisal Buzz

Open to all mortgage lending and servicing professionals, GSEs , government entities, and Legal League members, the annual Spring Servicer Summit gathers the nations elite financial services law firms to discuss default policies, procedures, and emerging issues with leading mortgage servicing executives.

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5 best Arizona real estate schools for 2024

Housing Wire

Topics include: Real estate license law, agency, contracts, real property, ownership, taxes, water law, land development and zoning, deeds and title transfer, escrow and settlement, fair housing, leases & more AZ Contract Writing Course: 6 hrs of required instruction.

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The title industry’s latest cat-and-mouse game: seller impersonation fraud

Housing Wire

“This recent trend involving seller impersonation is particularly concerning, as the real property owner is typically not aware nor in a position to prevent the fraud, until it is too late,” said Thomas W. In Florida , Christian Ross of Ross Law | Ross Title is no stranger to seller impersonation fraud.

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