A unique convergence of “The Great Resignation” and increased retirement and attrition — at the same time that the largest segment of the American workforce ages is running headlong into what’s expected to be a competitive purchase market — will require title agencies to put more focus on their service levels.

On December 22, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law Senate Bill 1780C, which allows notaries to perform remote online notarization (RON). Effective as of June 20, 2022, this new law means that New York has joined the ranks of dozens of states with some form of RON permitted.

A surge in property title fraud has led several counties and cities to fund programs that notify residents if imposter paperwork gets filed against their deed. The increase in digitized records has contributed to the rise in fraud.

Colorado and Florida are recent examples of states updating their rules and regulations regarding notaries public.

Even on Glorious Friday, the second day of a big rally after five days of sharp declines, the shares of a real-estate “tech” stock, house-flipper Opendoor, collapsed 23%, after having already collapsed in the months before.

Fidelity National Title Group has moved to dismiss Bank of America's lawsuit in Nevada federal court accusing the insurer of improperly denying coverage for losses related to foreclosed homes in homeowners associations.

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Texas legislature passed a handful of meaningful changes to lien laws last year that are now in effect. Here are a few things for owners, lenders, contractors and subcontractors to keep in mind.

In 1963, by the Stone Deed, Dawson and Hill conveyed a 181-acre tract in Cass County, Texas, to the Stones (John and Treba, not the Rollings). The granting clause described the land by metes and bounds, and continued, “There is likewise conveyed … 1/8th of the Oil, Gas and Other Minerals … .”

On February 3, 2022, New Jersey’s Appellate Division issued a decision for publication addressing the scope of the common law litigation privilege and, among other things, whether that privilege attaches to the filing of a notice of lis pendens. This article will explore the basic concepts of portions of this somewhat complicated case.

Recently, the Ninth Circuit dealt with a case involving a scenario that is becoming all too common. In Ernst & Haas Mgmt. Co., Inc. v. Hiscox, Inc., 23 F.4th 1195 (9th Cir. 2022), a property management company’s accounts payable clerk received several e-mails from her supervisor instructing her to pay some invoices.

On February 10, 2022, the first NFT-based property was bought through an auction on Propy, a blockchain-focused real estate company. The Florida home was sold for $653,163 worth of Ether, and the home’s property rights were minted as an NFT on the blockchain as a digital representation of ownership over the physical real estate.

Recently, Advantage Title & Escrow, LLC confirmed that certain consumer data was compromised after an unauthorized party gained access to two employee email accounts. The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are going to begin interviewing victims of the breach to determine what damages they sustained and what legal claims may be available to them.

Under French law, acquisitive prescription (so-called “usucapion”) is essentially a legal concept enabling an occupier to acquire a property by the effect of possession during a certain period of time if certain strict conditions are met.

In retrospect, Loretta Gendville and Gennaro Brooks-Church would have been better off staying under the radar. Instead, the landlord couple drew attention to themselves by forcing out tenants from 1214 Dean Street during the pandemic and picking up the moniker “eco-yogi slumlords of Brooklyn.”

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ON APRIL 23, 2019, AT 9:07 PM, a meteorite struck a doghouse in rural Costa Rica. The doghouse’s resident at the time, a German shepherd named Rocky, was soundly asleep inside when a fragment of a 59-pound space rock came flying through his rusty tin roof. 

February 13, 2022, marked a bizarre anniversary in the history of ocean pollution. On that day in 1997, a giant wave swept 4.8 million LEGO pieces into waters 20 miles off the coast of Cornwall in the UK. A quarter of a century later, the tiny plastic toys are still washing up on England's southwestern shores.

The obelisk in Central Park, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, was formally dedicated on February 22nd, 1881 after a long trip involving ships, cannonballs, and the sharp corners put in place by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811.

THE HEAVIEST CORNER ON EARTH is located at the heart of downtown Birmingham, where 1st Avenue North intersects 20th Street North. It is surrounded by a number of imposing buildings. Whether this corner actually weighs more than any other is hard to verify (maybe impossible), but there’s an interesting history as to how the intersection came by its nickname.

This earth-sheltered subterranean home was designed/built by an engineer/owner to create highly efficient living. Well published, this home incorporated several innovative concepts.