Getting a mortgage? Don't get tricked into high title insurance fees
A recent legal settlement between the federal government and a title insurance agency is drawing fresh attention to one of the murkiest, least understood and costly items you get charged for in a real estate closing: title insurance.
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Mortgage Rates Hit Seven-Year High as Ultracheap Era Ends
Mortgage rates this week jumped to their highest level since 2011, signaling a shift from a period of ultracheap loans to a higher-rate environment that could slow home price appreciation and squeeze first-time buyers.
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Judge denies request by San Antonio's HouseCanary to seal court exhibits in $706M trial
A Bexar County judge on Friday denied a request by San Antonio technology company HouseCanary Inc. to keep confidential some court exhibits used in a recent trial that resulted in a $706 million verdict, one of the largest jury awards ever in the county.
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Abbreviated Ponzi Case Argued at Third Circuit
Attorneys for title insurers accused of furthering a Ponzi scheme for nine months argued Monday at the Third Circuit that conduct must last at least a year to trigger civil racketeering charges.
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Blockchains and Land Title Records
The possible benefits of an organized, structured, secure, and efficient data management system that blockchain technology may be able to provide has also led governments and private companies to begin to explore using blockchains as a replacement for the current land title record systems used around the world.
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Some Markham homeowners paying double what they thought due to hidden property taxes
Three families in the same Markham neighborhood said they can barely keep up with property tax payments after learning of a hidden tax. The practice is known as PIN slamming, and involves two Property Index Numbers to be linked to one home. It may not always be disclosed in closing documents.
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Uninteded Consequences In Purchase And Sale Agreement Drafting: Liability Caps
Creating broad liability caps in purchase and sale agreements for commercial real estate can have a significant impact on potential title insurance claims.
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How's the Market? Cannabis and title insurance
I am baffled by recently published statements saying properties in the 28 states that have in some capacity legalized cultivation, distribution, manufacture or sale of marijuana products will not be not be able to purchase title insurance.
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