Closing

Title Tip: The Anatomy of a Texas Real Estate Closing

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 24, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor The closing process varies and fluctuates from property to property, from state to state, from person to person. Just like homes are different, so are closings on those homes. However, real estate closings in Texas follow a consistent outline of steps from start to finish. They don’t always follow a…

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Title Tip: Four Tips To Make Your July Fourth Closing Sparkle

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 4, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor There are several actions a buyer or seller can take to help their real estate transaction go smoothly. Here are my Top 4 July 4th Tips for keeping your closing from going kaboom:

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Title Tip: Hidden Hazards on Your Property

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 26, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor A hidden hazard on your property is not the kind of thing you’re going to stub your toe on. At least not the kind of hidden hazard that we’re talking about here. In the title business, a hidden hazard is an issue that is not uncovered in a traditional search…

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Title Tip: Buying a Home — a State-by-State Comparison

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 18, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit. Grab a seat fellow Texans. You may need it when you hear about the way they finalize real estate sales in some of our fellow united states. Let’s start with a peculiar Yankee custom that’s a changin’. A recent revision to…

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Title Tip: What’s the Best Day For Closing?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 3, 2018 /

By Lydia Blair Special Contributor One of the quirks of the title industry is the roller-coaster pace of business. A week day in mid-January can be as boring as watching paint dry. The last Friday of the month in the summer feels like bungee jumping into fire. While title companies are generally glad to close…

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