Title plant
By Lydia Blair Special Contributor It’s easy to make the general statement that all title companies are the same. They all offer the same services, and in Texas, they all charge the same for title insurance. However, it’s like saying that all Realtors are the same, or all home inspectors or insurance companies are the…
Read MoreBy Lydia Blair Special Contributor A Title Plant is not a big factory that produces property titles. Nor is it a flowering bush used in real estate transactions. A Title Plant – also called an Abstract Plant – is an operation used as the basis for delivering title insurance. The main focus is on historical…
Read MoreWhen I sat down with Geline Spinks and her mother, Carla LaPointe, for coffee, I had to admit to both of these women that I wasn’t exactly well-versed in what title companies do exactly. I knew that there was some research involved, that examiners looked at a property’s history of ownership before a sale could…
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