For many people, a home is the biggest thing they’ll ever buy. The last thing anyone wants is to encounter unexpected ownership issues after completing the purchase. This is where title insurance ...

Title insurance can protect buyers from potential property defects and financial loss at the time of the sale and over the course of ownership. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Each week, the Silicon ...

Limited housing supply and a continuation of high home prices in many markets nationwide in 2023 restricted many first-time homebuyers from entering the housing market and finding their dream homes.

Without title agents, the process of buying and selling a home would be far more complicated for all parties involved (“Title Insurance Plan Scuttled After Blowback From Insurers, Lawmakers,” Business ...

After decades of inertia, reform of home-sale commissions is happening, thanks to a landmark lawsuit. Could title insurance be next? Quite possibly: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this month ...

Most home buyers view title insurance — an important backstop against surprise claims on your property — as just another box to check under closing costs. But as housing affordability remains an acute ...

I have spent my legal career representing title-insurance companies and their insureds regarding various types of claims. Title insurance is like all other insurance: It’s a useless expense until you ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates earlier this month for the first time in four years. The move came as no surprise to Wall Street given that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell had been hinting a rate ...

A home is usually the largest single investment any of us will ever make. Whether purchasing with cash or financing with a mortgage, title insurance is an important part of the process. For New Mexico ...

If a property doesn’t have a clear title, it’ll be a lot harder to sell or buy the home, or get a mortgage or homeowners insurance for it. In some cases, you could be responsible for paying a ...