Title Companies
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) recently released the 2016 Title Agent Statistical Report. Yes, this is now the summer of 2018, so those stats are a bit dated. What can I say? It’s a government agency. TDI licenses and oversees all title agents in Texas. Our state’s title insurance business…
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By Lydia Blair Special Contributor The title industry competes for real estate dollars just like mortgage companies, real estate brokers, and insurance agencies. Competition to be the chosen one is just as fierce and the stakes are just as high. Changes that rippled through the industry in 2015, when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)…
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By Lydia Blair Special Contributor Closing costs are expensive when selling a property. Fortunately, they are deducted from the seller’s proceeds at the time of the sale. So when the expenses are lumped into the pile of paperwork at the closing table, the cost of selling a home can be less evident. How much are…
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On Oct. 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “Know Before You Owe” rules will go into effect. This has made some real estate agents a little nervous. How can they avoid delays? How can they manage their clients expectations? We wanted to get the low-down on how the new rules will affect closings, so we…
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By Jon Anderson Columnist No, I didn’t dig this out of my 2008 file drawer. According to RealtyTrac, March 2015 saw an 11 percent jump in foreclosures across the U.S. compared to February. That translates into 152,147 homes rocketing down the chute to foreclosure and the loss of people’s homes in the first quarter of…
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