Most real estate closings culminate in the issuance of title insurance. A title insurance policy confirms that the parties created whatever insured interests in real estate that they thought they ...

Title insurance offers protection from problems with a property’s title, including liens, ownership disputes and encroachments. There are two types: a mandatory lender’s policy, whose cost is based on ...

An uneven real estate cycle, rising fraud and faster transaction timelines are reshaping how underwriters assess defects and ...

Townsend Title Insurance Agency, which has provided title insurance services in southwest Florida since 2008, becomes part of ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Thomas J. Brock is a CFA and CPA with more than 20 years of experience in various areas ...

Representatives of the title insurance industry called the Biden administration’s pilot program waiving some land title requirements, “bad politics, bad process and bad policy.” Unveiled last Thursday ...

Question: We wanted to purchase 40 acres of land in Maricopa County. Our broker ordered a condition of title report from the title company. The cost was $350. This condition of title report showed the ...