If you have experienced the process of purchasing or selling real estate, it is likely that you have come across the phrase “clear title.” The concept of clear title is two-fold. Clear title deals ...

Q: We are buying our first home and are stretching our savings to pay for the down payment and closing costs, not to mention the moving expenses. Our lender sent us our closing cost estimate, which ...

As refinance demand surges, the risk of fraud, lien defects and title issues grows too. Learn why lender’s title insurance ...

Most real estate closings culminate in the issuance of title insurance. A title insurance policy confirms that the parties created whatever insured interests in real estate that they thought they ...

Almost every sale of real estate in Texas involves a title insurance policy, often referred to as simply a title policy. A title policy provides insurance to an insured, typically the buyer and any ...

AOLs are an important emerging trend in real estate finance transactions. However, despite being more affordable than title insurance, they should be used with caution when replacing title insurance.

AI-generated image of two lawyers scrutinizing title insurance joint venture agreements. Image was created using MidJourney. In 1983 Jim Campbell launched what is believed to be the first joint ...

Regarding Damian Eales’s op-ed “What Home Buyers Get for Those Agent Commissions” (April 18): Title insurance—whose premiums, like real-estate commissions, have risen in lockstep with home prices, far ...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With real estate fraud and forgery at an all-time high, Doma Title Insurance, Inc., the nation’s 8th largest title insurer, has partnered with Intellicheck, an industry leader ...

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