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ALTA: Protecting property rights with title insurance

Housing Wire

nationally since 2004 and roughly 5% the past two years, based on the most recent industry data from 2021. ALTA was proud to work closely with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to help develop these regulations, which went into effect in 2015. Title insurance is a comprehensively regulated product.

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Gentrification, Neighborhood Boundaries, and Bias

Appraisal Buzz

This is clear when looking at development on Broadway, but it’s also apparent on this graph. Comps in 2004 vs 2022: In terms of real estate, when it comes to comp selection, we might have pulled comps differently in 2004 compared with 2022 because the market is different now. This is affecting real people.

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Remote online notarization is the proper path forward for digital closings

Housing Wire

Prior to the pandemic, ALTA and MBA saw a need to develop model RON legislation. The model legislation creates legal certainty across the country by providing a uniform and consistent framework that is based on a common set of core principles.

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Conservation Easement in Ohio: A Guide to Protecting Our Treasured Land

The Robert Weiler Company

A simple conservation easement definition is a legal contract to protect private land, permanently. While the conservation easement definition establishes the protection of land for future generations to enjoy, there may be specifications for: land subdivisions; property development; property conservation values; and. Land Trusts.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

Some developers are delivering smaller homes in the form of four- and six-plex townhomes on a parcel of land that once featured a single-family house. After peaking in 2004 at 69%, this country’s homeownership rate has slipped to 66%. Bellevue has an average hourly wage for developers of $74.85. Ah, yes, the pandemic.

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