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Title Endorsement Basics | Williams Mullen
Title insurance is issued using standardized forms of policies and endorsements. The most commonly used forms for commercial properties are those promulgated by the American Land Title Association (ALTA), a nationwide title insurance industry group. ...

Another Turn in the Ongoing Battle Between DFS and the Title Industry
In October 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced sweeping new regulations aimed at curtailing marketing expenses, such as meals and sporting events, that title companies ultimately pass on to their customers....

Connecticut Amends Real Estate Closing Requirements | Weiner Brodsky Kider PC
Connecticut recently enacted Senate Bill 320 (SB 320), effective on October 1, 2019, which requires most real estate closings to be conducted by a licensed attorney in Connecticut....

Zillow Offers, the company's foray into high-tech home-flipping, launched in April 2018. By early 2020, Zillow expects it to be available in 20 markets, including Miami, Nashville and Los Angeles...

Foreclosure / Condo Assessments: under section 718.116(1)(a), Florida Statutes, present condo owner is jointly and severally liable with the previous owner for unpaid assessments and related expenses that come due during the ownership of both the previous owner...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is currently investigating California-based real estate title insurance company First American, according to a report from security researcher Brian Krebs...

LEGAL NEWS
A family that won a luxury cottage in a QEII Foundation lottery last year say an Airbnb dispute with their neighbors may force them to sell their dream retirement home...

When beginning a solar project in Texas, developers must be cognizant of the potential conflict between the surface and mineral estates...

Tom’s Diner is a classic establishment where Denver residents have been enjoying breakfast at any hour for decades...

The trustees of the Rainbow Lakes Community Club in Parsippany, a voluntary membership club for over 90 years, unilaterally decided in 2017 to require all Rainbow Lake residents to join their club...

Did you know the right to eminent domain goes as far back as the Magna Carta? Eminent domain is hardly new news, and as such recent game changing cases regarding the subject are few and far between...

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA
In 2014, researchers from the University of Washington announced that pairing Google StreetView with a cluster of “smart” surveillance cameras allowed them to create “a self-organized and scalable multiple-camera tracking system that tracks humans across the cameras...

SLK Global Solutions, offering technology platforms and solutions for the financial services industry, announced that it has enhanced its SmartProp—a property search solution for real estate title agents and underwriters...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu recently signed into law SB 194, which requires insurers licensed in the state to put in place data security programs and report cybersecurity events...

 There are many stakeholders in a real estate closing (lenders, consumers, title agents, underwriters, county recording offices, aggregators, etc.), and each of them have their own requirements when it comes to what can or can’t be digital...

TITLE AGENCY & PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Once again, a well-rounded group of individuals who have impacted the event in a variety of ways is going to be inducted into the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Bob Morgan Memorial Hall of Fame class this year...

It was a typical single-digit cold morning in Lake Forest, Illinois, a posh suburb of Chicago, on February 11, 2016. Three agents from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) (one man and two female investigators) had arrived the day before to meet with the Illinois State Attorney’s Office (SAO)...

Title Agents Go Nationwide
For agents interested in growing their businesses by expanding into multiple states, we’re here to make the process simple and profitable. We offer you one point of contact to streamline your options and solutions...

OTHER TRENDING NEWS
If a website has ever annoyed you with too many pop-ups, stupidly designed menus, or a million tests to prove you’re a human, then the web game User Interface will drive you nuts while making you laugh...

In our age, the social networks and airwaves are awash in fake news and rumors of fake news. In that context, it seems, people respond by seeking refuge in their own fortresses...

We read somewhere that sitting too close to the TV is bad for you...

The morning daylight streams in through a wavy glass windowpane to illuminate a table full of food: There is a platter of grilled fish surrounded by lemons, little meat pies arranged on a plate, a bowl of fruit, and even a small pitcher full of frothy punch...

Marianne Mathieu, NTP
Vice President/National Agency Accounts
Fidelity National Title Group
(347) 987-0677