While the rising prevalence of technology is beneficial most of the time, it also provides opportunities for people to take advantage of both new and established homeowners. Cyber-based crime has increased rapidly in recent years, and with the unexpected emergence of a pandemic, technology has been misused in even more clever and efficient ways. One […]
Avoid These Title Underwriting Issues
There are many processes that new home buyers need to go through in order to properly transfer the property from the previous owners to themselves. One of these processes is title underwriting, and a hitch arising in this step of the journey could put a block on forward progress toward completing the home sale, or […]
What Happens If You Get A Fraudulent Title
As people go about their daily lives in their homes, they rarely stop to consider that someone could be actively attempting to steal that home from them. Home title fraud is more common than you may think, and if someone succeeds in committing fraud or theft with your title, it could bring the end of […]
How Does Title Insurance Protect The Buyer?
The title of your home is one document that you may just gloss over while you work on all of the other aspects of a purchase, from the mortgage to the seemingly endless number of forms you must sign. However, you may encounter problems with the property’s title at any time—even long after purchase. This […]
Is Title Insurance The Same Thing As Homeowners Insurance?
When you are moving forward with the purchase of a home or building, you have a lot of decisions to make about optional protections to place on the purchase of the property. Homeowner’s insurance and title insurance are just some of these options. However, many people become confused about exactly what these types of policies […]