Ticking Sound: Review Your Title Insurance – A Quick Checklist (Part 1 of 2)
No surprise at this statement: When the real estate mortgage nears the ditch, the lien priority of the loan and the status of the title (such as easements, deed restrictions, access rights and lien...
View ArticleTicking Sound: Review Your Title Insurance – A Quick Checklist (Part 2 of 2)
This is the second part of a two-part series laying out a quick checklist covering title insurance issues—and highlighting topics that should be investigated. This is an important and often overlooked...
View ArticleTitle Insurance Ticking Sound: Indentify Continuing Title Obligations of the...
In earlier postings, we’ve covered: Verifying title insurance The need to review the terms & scope of the title insurance (2nd in a series; another posting) Some of the title insurance issues when...
View ArticleDoes a Non-judicial Foreclosure Wipe Away Junior or Subordinate Mechanics...
Several months ago I touched on this topic: if a mechanics lien is subordinate, inferior or junior to the deed of trust, will a non-judicial foreclosure extinguish it, or wipe it out? As in many...
View ArticleReal Estate Title Review: Don’t Miss These Stealth Restrictions
In many cities, urban growth now fills the farmland that once surrounded Navy and Air Force airfields. Real estate development and finance near Navy and Air Force runways, however, requires special...
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