Eminent domain actions aren't without financial risk to governments.  One Florida agency has found this out the hard way.

Title insurance and escrow services provider Advantage Title has introduced its new GFEz RESPA-compliant online rate calculator that delivers quotes for title premiums, endorsement, payoff, and recording fees, transfer taxes and other title and closing related fees for lender and real estate customers nationwide.

Responding to recent comments by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott about how title insurance protects homeowners, American Land Title Association President Mark Winter applauded the attorney general for “recognizing the value title insurance provides to consumers.”

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed SB 186, the Natural Heritage Conservation Act, into law on Monday.  The act allows the state to purchase conservation easements from private property owners to permanently prohibit development and undesired land use.

Realty Data Corp., a leading national electronic abstractor, is offering a special charter membership opportunity for high volume users and resellers of title research and abstracting services.

As legislators respond to concerns about global warming, scientists and engineers have been working on ways to keep carbon emissions out of the atmosphere.  One method to reduce emissions is to bury carbon dioxide emissions underground.  But do property owners have any say in the matter?

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 26, 2010.