A home is usually the largest single investment any of us will ever make. Whether purchasing with cash or financing with a mortgage, title insurance is an important part of the process. For New Mexico ...

Many new mortgage professionals and homebuyers often ask, "Is title insurance really necessary?" In fact, to many, title insurance is a vague and oft misunderstood concept essential to the real estate ...

Your offer on a home has been accepted, and you're ready to start preparing for closing. Especially if this is your first home purchase, the list of things you need to do next may seem endless, from ...

Avoiding fraud before and after purchasing property is more important than ever, especially in light of the increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that continue to evolve. Upon purchasing a property ...

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect ...

This biweekly feature is sponsored by Allied Title & Escrow. So you just got under contract on your first home and it’s time to choose a title company. One question we often get is ‘Do all title ...

When a title company initiates a title search, they check for liens, judgments, and other legal filings posted against the buyer, the seller, and the property being sold. This article is available to ...

If you want to make your home purchase just a little more affordable, focus on the transaction costs. You may not be able to do much about the home price because you and the seller must come to a ...

Representatives of the title insurance industry called the Biden administration’s pilot program waiving some land title requirements, “bad politics, bad process and bad policy.” Unveiled last Thursday ...

The program’s rollout during a presidential transition has sparked backlash from the title industry and bipartisan members of Congress In the meantime, Fannie Mae has begun to implement the pilot. UWM ...

If you’re buying a home, you need to know about title insurance. It’s one of the many closing costs you will likely encounter and pay for before you close on your new home. There are a couple of types ...