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Wow, a request for a kickback and another request to collude to defraud a lender all in the same week. 16 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
This post goes out to mortgage lenders with a shout out to not let your guard down. Loan officers need training to understand what they can and cannot do. This post also goes out to title insurance ...
our response to an attorney refusing to have his client sign the owner/seller affidavit 14 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
"This is a problem. Despite Atty. redacted experience in successfully refusing to have a seller sign the Owner/Seller Affidavit, we must insist upon the seller signing the document. It is a mandator...
Do your closers carefully review the owner/seller affidavit when it is being signed? 7 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
This case, see attached link, which I found through the wonderful tool of Lexology - thank you Christopher Smarts, made me think about the importance of this affidavit review. I wondered as I read th...
important case in Washington on title company responsibility for agents 3 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
The Washington Supreme Court sided with the state insurance regulators Thursday in a case involving a Kitsap County insurance agency, Land Title Co., that was a contracted agent for Chicago Title. The...
title insurance "commission" - Is it a gravy train? 27 Jul 2013 | 05:35 pm
I am always disturbed when I read an article discussing title insurance premiums that make it sound like the premium paid by a consumer is mostly commission. While that statement is true, the articles...
CFPB throwing the book at Castle & Cooke for violating originator compensation rules 24 Jul 2013 | 10:18 pm
“We are taking action against the type of practices that precipitated the financial crisis,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “Consumers should be able to get a mortgage without worrying about how ...
recognizing mortgage fraud and the role of a title insurance agent 21 Jul 2013 | 06:22 pm
We are working on a transaction that demonstrates just how easily a consumer can be guided into a mortgage fraud scenario by real estate agents and lending personnel who haven't been trained to unders...
best practices in focus 19 Jul 2013 | 12:40 am
I cannot say often enough how wonderful it is to see title insurance publications and trade associations focusing their attention and efforts to promote best practices rather than joint ventures. Th....
Attn: independent title agents...Doug Miller of CAARE wants to publish a list of independents. 10 Jul 2013 | 05:13 pm
We've started a project at CAARE to identify and publish a list of as many independent title firms in the country as we can. Currently there is no way to find independent firms. Check it out: http:/....
Can an old title insurance policy help with a new adverse possession claim? 10 Jul 2013 | 05:03 pm
Diane, I found your name on your website and I was wondering if you could help me with the case below: 1. My wife inherited a lake cabin on 2 lots from her parents who are both deceased. They...
