A note to our valued customers: Our 1121 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, EDWARDSVILLE OFFICE will be moving TUESDAY, MARCH 8TH to our NEW LOCATION – #2 SUNSET HILLS PROFESSIONAL CTR, EDWARDSVILLE, IL. Any appointment scheduled MARCH 9TH or later will be closing at this new address. Please bear with us as we may not be immediately available…
Latest News
COVID-19 Changes for Closing
May 8th, 2020To Our Valued Customers: Companies are taking important steps to ensure the safety and wellbeing of both customers and employees while we face this current outbreak of COVID-19. Abstracts & Titles, Inc. has been working diligently to streamline our operations with this goal in mind. Therefore, until further notice, our buildings are no longer open…
ALTA Continues Support of Bill Clarifying CFPB’s Ability to Regulate Insurance
January 19th, 2018Source: American Land Title Association January 18, 2018 To read the full article from alta.org, please click here ALTA joined seven other insurance trade groups urging support for a bipartisan bill that would clarify and reinforce the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability to regulate the insurance industry. In a letter to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, the…
Dazed and Confused Consumer
January 19th, 2018Source: American Land Title Association January 18, 2018 To read the full article from alta.org, please click here Two years after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a survey that showed only half of all homebuyers shopped for their mortgage, Fannie Mae shared results of a study that concluded there’s a need for greater awareness of…
House Financial Services Committee Passes TRID Fix Bill
November 29th, 2017Source: ALTA News The U.S. House Financial Services Committee today passed the ALTA-supported TRID Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R. 3978) by an overwhelming 53-5 bipartisan vote. The bill, introduced by U.S. Reps. French Hill and Ruben Kihuen, corrects the inaccurate disclosure of title insurance premiums on the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosures (TRID) and help consumers understand…
What does Mulvaney’s appointment mean for the future of CFPB?
November 29th, 2017Source: USA Today November 28th, 2017 To read the full article from usatoday.com, please click here WASHINGTON — In naming Mick Mulvaney to be the acting head of the federal government’s primary financial services regulator, President Trump is placing a loyalist in charge of what was designed as a semi-independent federal agency. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that…
Harvard Research: The Future Of Home Prices In 2017 & 2018
November 29th, 2017Source: The Mortgage Reports To read the full article from themortgagereports.com, please click here What Will Home Prices Do In 2017 And Beyond? Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies just published its 2017 report on the State of the Nation’s Housing. Its home prices and home building numbers highlight new trends that may affect you. In 2016,…
Average US 30-year mortgage rate slips to 4.17 percent
February 10th, 2017Source: Washington Post February 9th, 2017 To read the full article from WashingtonPost.com, please click here Washington Post – Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on 30-year fixed-rate loans slipped to an average 4.17 percent from 4.19 percent last week. That was still sharply higher than a 30-year rate that averaged 3.65 percent for all…
Made home improvements last year? You could get a tax break
February 10th, 2017Source: USA Today February 9th, 2017 To read the full article from USAToday.com’s website, please click here Please note: The article originally appeared on credit.com USA Today – If you made any home improvements in 2016, you may be eligible for a tax break or two. Certain home improvements – or certain lines of credit that can…
59 Million Think of Buying a Home in 2017
February 10th, 2017Source: Builder Magazine February 9th, 2017 To read the full article from Builderonline.com’s website, please click here Builder Magazine – A new survey out Thursday from Bankrate reports 59 million American adults (one in four) are considering buying a home this year, of which about 16 million say they are very likely and 20 million say they…