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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. Government-operated title insurance approaches are not less expensive. Diane Tomb, ALTA CEO Contributor.

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Streamlining subsidies to build more affordable housing

Housing Wire

To help the lowest-income families, who increasingly can’t find affordable housing in today’s market, federal, state, and local governments devote considerable resources to subsidize the development of affordable housing with below market rents. Every state in the nation is impacted by this demand-supply imbalance.

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Title insurers reckon with attorney opinion letters

Housing Wire

Since the government sponsored entity’s announcement, the American Land Title Association has taken a strong stance against AOLs and other title insurance alternatives.

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Investment Property: How Much Can You Write Off on Your Taxes?

Zillow

There are certain things you can do as a real estate investor to help manage your tax bill and maximize your after-tax return on investment. To do so, however, you need to understand the primary ways in which investment real estate portfolios get taxed. A third way, estate tax , applies only to dead investors.).