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.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

One area in the mortgage and real estate industry that has been evolving for nearly two decades is digital closings. E-mortgage volume spikes. During the first six months of 2020, the Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that the volume of e-mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spiked significantly.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

And so, because of that, we had to make our agents independent contractors and terminate their pension plan and health insurance.”. Nary an eye was blinked – much less legal action was taken – over these brokerage’s business moves. Some agents, like ones at RE/MAX , even pay the brokerage fees for office space and marketing tools.

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Property Metrics

DECEMBER 10, 2021

For example, a property with a market value of $1MM and a mortgage of $250M must be exchanged into a new property worth at least $1MM with a $250M mortgage. IRS Ruling 2004-86 allows for the exchange of sales proceeds into something called a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). What is a Delaware Statutory Trust?

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