As many people may know, as of May 2020 third parties are no longer able to get NYC water meter histories. We can only see an open amount with no dates attached. This is why we have been requiring a Title Read ( final water meter reading ) before the closing.  But there are times when we do not have it.

Calvin Armstrong, from Norwood, Armstrong & Stokes PLLC, and Sandy Dickinson from CrossCountry Mortgage, join Paul to discuss mortgage requirements, Titles, and Title insurance.

American Financial Network, Inc., a mortgage lender based in Brea, California, has agreed to pay $1,037,145 to resolve allegations that it improperly and fraudulently originated government-backed mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a component of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Revisions to the 2021 ALTA Policy Forms collection have been published and went into effect July 30, 2021. Recommended changes were approved by ALTA’s Board of Governors in May, for adoption on July 1, 2021.

Here, a longtime real estate attorney explains the advantages – protecting against squatters rights is one – and challenges of Land Court.

The use and ownership of a party wall is best set forth in a written agreement between adjacent property owners. The agreement defines each owner’s responsibility for sharing the cost of maintaining the party wall. However, these written agreements rarely exist.

Owners of real property generally understand that their property rights can be impacted by litigation in which they are a party. However, what’s less clear, but perhaps equally important to understand and guard against, is that property rights may even be impacted by litigation in which the owner is not a party.

Americans take our secular government so much for granted that it is difficult for us to realize how our country's settlement was orchestrated by the pope five centuries ago. One of the little known but most significant documents in American history is the Doctrine of Discovery, a body of laws based on several papal bulls in the 15th century. These bulls, or declarations, were issued by the pope to allow European nations to own all the land they "discovered" that was not populated by Christian people--such as the entire North American continent. In 15th century Europe, the Roman Catholic Church was synonymous with the state.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky recently held that a lender might have a professional negligence claim against a law firm when the law firm conducted a title search for the incorrect property, the resulting mortgage encumbered the incorrect property and, as a result, the lender was forced to repurchase the mortgage.

On June 13th, 2022, Future House Studios, a Metaverse content creation company based in Pleasant Grove, became the first to mint the ownership of its corporate office as an NFT. The company’s office real estate title will remain and transact permanently on blockchain. TruMint, a blockchain real estate company, guided Future House Studios through the process and hopes that blockchain and NFT technology will become a natural part of real estate in the future.

Maintaining a record of real estate transactions on your home can be difficult, even in the digital age. A new company, Blockchain Home Registry is proposing to change that using Web3 technology. BHR lets homeowners claim a verified NFT of their home, giving them a permanent, secure transferable record of all transactions on the home.

It’s coming to a month since private notaries were authorised to oversee land transfer transactions in the country, a move that aimed to solve difficulties associated with the process, which had dragged on for long. Prior to this, public notaries – mainly at sector offices – were the only ones rendering the services, and this led to delays in the process, since they were few, in addition to the fact that they had other assignments at the sectors.

Findings challenge some commonly held beliefs about plant cultivation in the territory, researchers say. The findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, challenge some commonly held beliefs about plant cultivation in the territory and could have a significant impact for the Nuchatlaht First Nation's claim of Aboriginal title to more than 200 square kilometres of land on Nootka Island, off Vancouver Island's west coast.

For more than a decade, Ray Cortez had no idea he was living in a house he no longer owned. The 87-year-old former taxi driver bought the salmon-colored townhouse on St. Marks Place in Brooklyn with his first wife, Edelmira, in 1969, shortly after emigrating to the United States from Peru. The couple paid roughly $20,000 at the time, and Cortez spent the next 30 years paying off the mortgage, even after Edelmira died in 1975.

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Juniors in Marquette University's Real Estate Asset Program seemed a little shocked when director Vito Taphorn during their first class handed out specs on an actual property, and asked for opinions on whether they should buy it.

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.

Flags are mainly used as international symbols to represent a people or a nation, or for nautical and aerial communication. This was no different during the latter part of the Golden Age of Piracy, where flags, commonly referred to as the ‘Jolly Roger’, would be raised to identify a ship or individual.

Anomalous architecture abounds across the country, where regional quirks can offer everything from coal chutes to mother-in-law beds that descend from the ceiling. In Vermont, one trademark design is easily spotted from the street: It’s a slanted gable window installed at a seemingly haphazard angle, and it's known as a “witch window.” What is it, and, well, just why?

If you like deals, discounts and dupes, then the unique real estate bargain here is going to blow your mind. This recently updated Fremont house is the ultimate BOGO deal — buy one house, get one church for free.

Skilled use of image editing software can help make unfurnished properties look far worse..

Popular culture in the United States has made the already iconic brownstone house even more famous. You can find these beautiful homes and their quintessential stoops featured in everything from television’s Sesame Street and Sex in the City to movies like Moonstruck, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and more.