Is a current owner search a reasonable search for a buyer to conduct when buying a property, even when the current owner did not gain title through a warranty deed arising from an arms-length transaction?  A Federal District Court judge thinks so, agreeing with a bankruptcy court judge that came to the same conclusion.

Jackson County, MI and Berkeley County, SC are now electronically recording real estate documents, e-recording service provider Corporation Service Company has announced.

In paying claims, a title insurer can, in certain circumstances, wait for the outcome of a foreclosure or other litigation in which its insured may collect money.  In other circumstances, the title insurer has to go ahead and pay the claim even when there is pending litigation that could reduce the loss of its insured.

As a buyer in a real estate transaction, you may deal with several persons whose profession title includes the word "agent".  Only some of the persons will be your agent, however-- and whether a particular person is your agent or not will have a profound effect on your liability for their actions if they screw up.

Two Nevada men have been charged with forging quit claim deeds for the purpose of collecting rent from unsuspecting tenants.

In Maryland, if a refinance mortgage is for more than the original mortgage, it will be assigned the priority of the original mortgage if an intervening lien is not discovered due to the lender's negligence, but only for the amount of the original mortgage, and the excess amount will be assigned a lien position behind the intervening lien.  But what happens if the intervening lien has an uncertain or erroneous amount listed?  Will the lien for the excess amount of the refinance loan be behind the actual amount of the intervening lien, or the erroneous amount?