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Dazed and Confused Consumer

January 19th, 2018

Source: 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…

Problems In The Effort To Modernize Mortgages?

September 13th, 2016

Lenders have long recognized notarization as a critical anti-fraud measure. But the practice – which dates back at least to Ancient Rome – is becoming passé in an era of FaceTime, Skype and live-streamed social media. Source: WSAU Read more about it here  

Mortgage Rates On The Rise

September 13th, 2016

Mortgage rates took their biggest leap in two months on Friday, thanks to a sell-off in the U.S. bond market. Source: CNBC Read more here

Why Are Sellers Still Hesitant?

September 13th, 2016

Properties in many cities throughout the country are flying off the market due to lack of inventory, yet many sellers are still hesitant. Source: Realtor(R) Magazine Read more here

Do you know where your data is?

February 10th, 2016

You already know companies track your behavior in Web browsers and mobile apps, and soon they’ll monitor you through your smart refrigerator and fitness band.  Yep, you’re a walking, talking data source.  Despite the nagging sense that your information is constantly collected, few people know exactly what gets scooped up or what happens to it….

Transparent Closing Costs

February 1st, 2016

Closing is already a complex process.  Abstracts & Titles has published a new closing rates calculator to better serve you.

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