The Louisiana Department of Insurance today issued Advisory Letter 2022-02. The letter provides guidance regarding the issuance of new individual and agency title insurance producer licenses.

Imagine getting a $1 billion, interest-only loan and later lying to your creditor. That’s what a congressional subcommittee said happened between Fannie Mae and Invitation Homes, the single-family rental landlord that in 2017 got a $1 billion interest-only 10-year loan from the government-sponsored enterprise.

This Bulletin provides updated guidance to the title and escrow industries regarding the Department’s general approach and priorities in enforcing the title and escrow anti-inducement provisions found in state and federal law, as well as applications to specific activities.

Every now and then you may be driving through a particular neighborhood and see a home that is all boarded up. There are likely to be multiple no trespassing signs posted on the lawn and house.

In a prior post from 2020, Money and Dirt covered an opinion from California’s Fourth Appellate District holding that an Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), by itself, “does not necessarily demonstrate the actual, physical location of a property.”

On April 1, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted in part and denied in part motions for summary judgment brought by lenders on claims against them for alleged participation in fraud by a borrower against a third party.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Kentucky has put an end to debtor Helen Mitchell’s (“Mitchell” or “Debtor”) abuse of the bankruptcy process by the Court’s recent Memorandum-Opinion which included a two-year bar on subsequent bankruptcy filings or stays.

A civil lawsuit has put plans on hold by Chippewa County to develop a county park near the Minnesota River, south of Montevideo. The lawsuit was filed this month by Robert W. Starbeck. It claims adverse possession on a property the county is seeking to purchase for the park

Real estate is comprised of many components, the whole of which makes it so much fun and special. From the boundaries of the land, the makeup of the improvements and the nature and quality of the title, there is a lot to affirm, confirm and understand. One of the least discussed and/or understood in residential real estate is the mineral right component.

Critics warn of loopholes as UK government tries to stop ‘oligarchs attempting to hide ill-gotten gains

The NYSLTA shares these video links about the Heroes To Heroes Foundation and the support this organization receives from one of our Title Agent Members. In no way is it the extent of the generosity of the title professionals in our industry.

After 10 years of freedom, working hard and saving her money, Bridget “Biddy” Mason (1818–1891), in 1866, purchased two lots on the outskirts of Los Angeles, which was a small pueblo at the time. She paid $250 for the Spring Street property; the first piece of land Mason owned. This is said to have been a “remarkable feat for a woman having spent the first 37 years of her life enslaved.” But she wouldn’t settle for it being the last. She would become a savvy businesswoman.

In my podcast California City, I told the story of a small town in the Mojave Desert where, for more than six decades, salespeople have been peddling nearly worthless desert land to unsuspecting people. Now, the California Attorney General has charged nine of those salespeople with felonies.

For agents interested in growing their business 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.

The farm advertised on the postcard was 75 acres. It was selling for $15,000. Adjusted for inflation to today’s prices, it would go for over $407,000.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town

Police in England responded to a burglar alarm at a DIY store and arrived to find the culprit -- a squirrel -- stealing nuts and bird food.

About sixty miles southeast of Budapest, on the River Tisza, lies a quiet little village with a horrible past. It was here in Nagyrev, a century ago, the womenfolk began killing off their husbands en masse. They have been called “the Angel Makers.”

The Miami City Commission approved a pilot program to construct 50 to 100 small dwellings on Virginia Key, an island in Biscayne Bay that is largely recreational parkland, as temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness.