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Housing Wire
DECEMBER 16, 2022
For most real estate industry professionals, title insurance needs no introduction. A trusted product , title insurance has been used to protect real estate transactions and property rights for over a century. Title insurance is different than most other insurance products. Diane Tomb, ALTA CEO Contributor.
Housing Wire
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
This article addresses two legal issues relevant to the review: FHFA’s statutory authority to reduce the number of Federal Home Loan Banks, and The application of the FHLBank statutory “super lien”. This provision may be challenged by the affected FHLBank under legal process. Short-term advances are not so restricted.
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Housing Wire
OCTOBER 27, 2023
One of the most important roles we play at ALTA is strongly encouraging buyers to shop around for their title insurance company. The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) ensures that homebuyers always have the legal right to consider alternative title insurance providers and can never be forced into using a particular provider.
Housing Wire
MARCH 8, 2024
Biden’s plan also included a $10,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers and people who sell their “starter home,” and a pilot program that waives the requirement for lender’s title insurance on certain refinance transactions. These costs increased by 21.8% from 2021 to 2022, reaching nearly $6,000, per the CFPB post.
Housing Wire
AUGUST 25, 2021
Mortgage industry groups on Tuesday made their voices heard in response to the Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s proposed reinstatement of its 2013 disparate impact rule. The argument for the higher threshold for claims arose following a 2015 Supreme Court decision which upheld the disparate impact regulation.
Housing Wire
JANUARY 20, 2021
Department of Housing and Urban Development declared Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will once again back mortgages for immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. HUD said DACA recipients who are legally permitted to work in the U.S. are not eligible for FHA-insured mortgages.” .”
Housing Wire
JANUARY 28, 2021
The app also lists any local laws protecting renters who use veteran’s benefits or Social Security insurance payments to pay their rent. The update expands Zillow’s Local Legal Protections tool, which was created in 2018 to help LGBT home searchers identify if their rights were protected by local laws in certain jurisdictions. .
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