Due to the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and associated insuring guidelines for mortgage servicing, GNMA announced that electronic signatures (eSignatures) and remote online loan notarizations are acceptable for loan modifications of “paper” mortgages effective November 15, 2021. Approved GNMA issuers must follow certain requirements if they choose to use eSignatures and remote online notarization for such loan modifications. 

When interstate banks siphon off seniors’ savings in deposit-rich states like Florida to lend in their home states, they deprive the host state of needed capital for affordable housing and small businesses.

The 2021 legislative year is over, and when it came to new state laws, Notary education and journals had a year unlike any other. Remote notarization continued to dominate the discussion in statehouses across the country, with a shift towards paper remote notarization as a new trend making waves. 2021 also produced some unusual Notary laws and laws that were the product of compromise. New laws in Alabama and Indiana are examples of this.

In the midst of critical, time sensitive email communication that's vital to our strategic partners, consumers and closing transactions, we are bombarded by marketing emails and solicitations that interrupt our effectiveness each & every day. In this episode, FNF's Linda Grahovec connects with BombBomb's Shane Ryan to learn more about digital noise, unwanted distractions, and how it risks our revenue and relationships. These and additional stories are covered in the new book “Human-Centered Communication: A Business Case Against Digital Pollution”, a WSJ bestseller. 

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Under the proposal, a beneficial owner would be anyone with "substantial control" over the company or who owns at least 25%, according to a fact sheet released by the Treasury Department on Tuesday

Development Orders / Proper Defendant: Executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) was not a “proper defendant” in a declaratory action challenging the constitutionality of subsection 8(c) to section 163.3215, Florida Statutes, regarding prevailing party, where the DEO does not have a sufficient stake in defending a statute that appellants argue chills the ability of locally affected citizens to challenge local government decisions that are not consistent with the local comprehensive plan – 1000 Friends of Fla., Inc. v. Eagle, No. 1D20-2135 (Fla. 1st DCA Nov. 3, 2021) (affirmed)

Riker Danzig has released Episode 4 of "Title Nerds," its title insurance podcast. Partners from Riker Danzig's Real Estate Practice join Title Nerds hosts Michael O'Donnell and Bethany Abele for the fourth episode, along with fellow Riker Danzig attorney Kevin Hakansson. In the first segment, Mike and Bethany have a conversation with Real Estate partners Joshua Greenfield and James Maggio about working with title insurance underwriters on big commercial closings.

An age-old adage posits that anyone who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client. A Bronx landlord couple is learning that lesson the hard way.

Had Alejandro and Rosa Quito retained an attorney before filing for bankruptcy in May, they may have been advised to pursue Chapter 11 instead of Chapter 7. Now, an upcoming auction could see the couple lose their property at 540 Concord Avenue in the Bronx’s Mott Haven neighborhood.

We already know there are circumstances under which it is possible to adversely possess lands claimed by a governmental entity. That can happen when the land is not used for a governmental purpose but instead as private property 

How many different meanings can parties attribute to a term in an oil and gas lease? Answer: As many as they want, but the court will only use one, says King Operating et al v. Double Eagle Andrews, LLC et al.

Keeping ownership of a small section of land along any boundaries that could in future form a route for access or the supply of services to adjoining land can be good way of realising further land value. If development of the “ransomed” land becomes possible in the future, the developer will need to pay to cross the ransom strip. Here are a few helpful tips to maintain a valuable ransom:

 A title claim for 60 per cent of New Brunswick's territory that was filed by six Wolastoqey chiefs is very serious and has far-reaching implications, Premier Blaine Higgs said Wednesday. In a revised land claim filed on Tuesday, the chiefs targeted corporations such as NB Power and forestry giant J.D. Irving, which exploit resources on their traditional lands. The chiefs want the land returned, they want compensation for the use of that land for the last 200 years, and they want title to the entire area.

The original Space Jam movie site, Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign site, and taco.com (which has nothing to do with tacos) are just a few you'll love.

Mortgage lenders are usually a reserved bunch, but a brawl between two mortgage banks in a Harrah’s Atlantic City casino on Tuesday proved lenders do more than push pencils — they apparently pack punches too.

Black homeowners in Brooklyn’s hot market today must navigate deed theft, fraud and various scams to hold on to their homes, even during this pandemic. 

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.

Inexplicably bad property photographs. It's that simple.

Forgive George Barnes if he looks a little grim. No one cheesed for the camera in the 19th century. But Barnes’ jaw is clenched and he’s frowning slightly beneath his horseshoe mustache. He stared hard at the camera in 1887, the day pioneer photographer Solomon Butcher showed up to take his family’s photo. Ol’ George had ample reason to mean-mug Butcher and homesteader life in general, you will learn if you glance at the sod house standing — barely standing — behind him.

In 1920, Miami had about 30,000 residents. Today, they could nearly fit into the upper deck (26,442) of Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Dolphins. But things were happening. Henry Flagler was building hotels up and down Florida’s east coast, placing southern Florida in the public eye. And the Everglades was being drained, opening up land for agriculture and, more lucratively, real estate.

On the eve of her execution for treason in February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, penned a letter to King Henri III of France and secured it with a paper lock that featured an intricate spiral mechanism. So-called "letterlocking" was a common practice to protect private letters from prying eyes, but this spiral lock is particularly ingenious and delicate because it incorporates a built-in self-destruct feature, according to a new paper published in the Electronic British Library Journal.