Title Business

Title Tip: Should You Share Your Home’s Sales Price?

By Lydia Blair / January 4, 2022 /

Texas homebuyers quickly find their new mailboxes filled with solicitations and requests after their purchase. They are also overrun with appeals and demands for information regarding the purchase of their property. In addition to the sham mortgage insurance offers and tax filing service scams are enticements to disclose the sales price of their property. Most…

Title Tip: How Do You Calculate Contract Deadlines During The Holidays?

By Lydia Blair / December 21, 2021 /

Buying, selling, or just putting a property under contract during the biggest holidays of the year can be a challenge. Lots of folks are on holiday and work can spill over to colleagues who already have their hands full. Sprinkle on a bit of end-of-year rush to finish financial transactions and it can make for…

Title Tip: In The Near Future, Expect Delays Along The Road to Closing

By Lydia Blair / December 7, 2021 /

If you are buying, selling, or refinancing a property in the next few weeks or months, expect delays. In case you haven’t heard, there is a labor and staffing shortage in the U.S. The ripple effect is has hit the real estate industry in several ways.  Who and what has caused delays? There are many…

Title Tip: How Clean is Clean Enough For Buyers?

By Lydia Blair / November 23, 2021 /

Are you a slob or a neatnik? An Oscar or a Felix? Pig Pen or Mr. Clean? A Buyer or a Seller? While it’s not normally anyone else’s concern, it can become an issue when it is time to hand over the keys to a home. Everyone’s idea of cleanliness is different. Some buyers expect…

Title Tip: How Are Title Companies Combating Money Laundering?

By Lydia Blair / November 2, 2021 /

Criminal activity in both residential and commercial real estate is going strong. The U.S. has become a “safe haven” for money laundering with real estate investments leading the way.  The figures are “staggering” according to a recent report from Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington-based research institute that studies the movement of illicit finances. They…