Hey Lisa,

you have to take into account that some of those views can be counted as the same person seeing the post sometimes more than once.  I had to refer to the orginal post when I read your p.s. message.  Some people like to read the post and reply, some just like to read the post to see what everyone else is thinking, and some just read and nod their yes or shake their head no.  So don't let the number of replies get you down, just look at the quality of replies.  I don't know if Robert and Slade can rig the counter to count a person's view of a post only once no matter how many times they read it or not.  Robert? Slade?

Another answer to your first question is that as long as the title is insured the lender's really only care about price and profit, unfortunate as that is.  It will probably have to come down to the bubble bursting before most of our clients and the lenders see the big picture about complete and thorough abstracts.  Some of them do, most of them don't.  I just hope that not too many people, homeowners, get hurt in the process.  I had one client, and I know others have had this happen too, whose lender only required a deed report and a credit report for their A and A+ borrowers.  The lender also did not purchase title insurance for any loan under $500,000.00, now how is that for scary for the homeowner who probably has no idea about title insurance in the first place and I'm sure would want it if they knew about it.

Well gotta get the kids to bed, night.

Jay

Jay