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ALTA: Protecting property rights with title insurance

Housing Wire

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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Opinion: Two legal issues relevant to FHFA’s review of FHLB system

Housing Wire

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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Title insurers reckon with attorney opinion letters

Housing Wire

Prior to the advent and widespread use of title insurance, before taking title to a property, the buyer required that the title be free of any rights, interests, liens or encumbrances of others for which the buyer would be responsible for. We haven’t seen any real data based on the conversation that it is going to save money.

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Going to Extremes

Appraisal Buzz

Does the cost of homeowners insurance affect the price of a home? In some markets, the answer is increasingly yes. In recent years, insurance companies have pulled out of some markets altogether after sustaining massive losses due to wildfires, flooding, and other climate-related disasters.

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FSOC recommends more regulation and liquidity for nonbank servicers

Housing Wire

The FSOC report, released on Friday, states that these companies quickly adapt their operations to market conditions, are early adopters of technology and are key for underserved borrower groups. “I encourage Congress to remove any legal impediments to information sharing between Ginnie Mae and state regulators.

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AmTrust Title adds executive counsel

Housing Wire

AmTrust Title Insurance Company has added two executives to its team, naming James Bozzomo as chief underwriting counsel for direct operations and Jefferson Howeth as senior corporate counsel. Before joining AmTrust, Bozzomo was senior vice president and managing counsel at Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company.

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Trade groups express concern to FHFA over historic credit data

Housing Wire

Mortgage Insurers — sent a letter on Monday to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to express concerns about the FHFA’s intent to publish the VantageScore 4.0 historical dataset. In the joint letter, the organizations contend that the data to be published under the plan is insufficient for their needs.

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