When you buy a home, the cost of title insurance can be worth it to protect against ownership claims from a previous owner. There are two types of title insurance policies: a mandatory lenders title ...

AUSTIN -- Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor on Friday cut title insurance rates by 6 percent. Title insurance rates vary depending on the selling price of a home. The basic premium for title ...

Expenses to fix title issues increase, but the cost of coverage is down since 2004. Originators know that consumers are often unaware of what goes on behind the curtain while their new home is under ...

WASHINGTON—Millions of homeowners are forced to pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars when they refinance their mortgages to protect against unexpected costs from a challenged property title. Yet ...

Title insurance is boring, but Allied Title & Escrow is here to decode the jargon and make it (somewhat) more interesting. This biweekly feature will explore the mundane (but very necessary!) world of ...

In the last couple of years Fannie Mae FNMA and its government overseer, the Federal Housing Finance Agency have taken aim at the title insurance industry – an often overlooked but important part of ...

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As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect ...

Jay Beitel is a principal at Polunsky Beitel Green, a Texas-based mortgage law firm. Key differences, protections, and legal considerations for lenders under Texas law Lately, there's been a buzz ...

Title insurance isn’t something most people know about – until they’re in the throes of buying a home and signing a stack of papers in a lawyer’s office. The insurance is meant to protect your lender, ...

Buying a home comes with a host of expenses at closing. One of the most costly and confusing, title insurance. It's lightly regulated in many states. An investigation by member station WBUR found that ...