Q: We are buying our first home and are stretching our savings to pay for the down payment and closing costs, not to mention the moving expenses. Our lender sent us our closing cost estimate, which ...

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Recently, Fannie Mae announced its plans to develop a pilot program to bypass traditional title insurance. Since the announcement, there has been a lot of talk about attorney opinion letters (AOLs) ...

As if buying a home wasn't stressful enough, there's a new danger you might not have heard of: title pirates. These are criminals who file phony documents claiming to own property that actually ...

Q: We are buying our first home and are stretching our savings to pay for the down payment and closing costs, not to mention the moving expenses. Our lender sent us our closing cost estimate, which ...

The answer to the question "How do you buy title insurance?" is actually quite simple. But to understand title insurance is not always so simple. First, lets take a look at what title insurance is.

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