Ohio Jumps on the Bandwagon of States Legally Recognizing Blockchain Data
In May 2018, Ohio lawmakers introduced SB 300 seeking to become one of the latest U.S. states to legally recognize smart contracts and records stored on a blockchain.
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San Antonio judge warns attorneys to behave or he'll make them kiss in front of the Alamo
The case before Biery is part of an escalating feud between HouseCanary and Quicken Loans. HouseCanary and Title Source Inc., a Quicken Loans affiliate, squared off earlier this year in a Bexar County District Court that produced a record $706 million jury verdict for real estate analytics firm HouseCanary.
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Seller who doesn't trust real estate agents wants to create his own contract
Q; We've been ripped off badly by Realtors in the past. Consequently, we don't trust them. I'm wondering if it's possible to have an estate attorney draw up a contract wherein the Realtor (and agency) we hire is required to sign and then is held liable to sell the house to our expectations?
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Cherry Creek mother-daughter title company execs indicted for allegedly stealing $733K in client funds
The mother-daughter owners of a pair of shuttered Cherry Creek title insurance companies were to be arraigned Monday on more than a dozen felonies - including racketeering charges of running a criminal enterprise - that allege they pocketed more than $733,000 from policyholder escrow accounts.
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Emails show RBS bankers joked about destroying the US housing market before 2008
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bankers joked about destroying the US housing market and senior staff described the loans they were trading as "total f***** garbage," according to transcripts released by the US Department of Justice.
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Housing tipping back to a buyer's market as sellers cut prices
After several years of rich home price gains, the market appears to have found a limit to what people can afford. Sellers are finally responding by lowering prices more often.
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Mortgage rates tumble as housing starts to drag down the economy
Rates for home loans tumbled in line with the broader bond market, even as the housing market's woes threatened to become a headwind for the entire U.S. economy.
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Top Technologies Impacting The Real Estate Market Today
Members of Forbes Real Estate Council share some of the technologies that have had the most significant impact on real estate transactions and why.
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