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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

Beyond the Surface: Hidden Title Issues That Can Halt Your Foreclosure

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/31/2025

In order for a lending institution to successfully take real estate through foreclosure litigation and have the real estate sold at a sheriff sale, the property needs to have a clear title. What many do not understand is that...more

Pleading Reasonable Reliance Is “Always Nettlesome”

Freiberger Haber LLP on 12/14/2023

By: Jeffrey M. Haber In TD Bank, N.A. v. Keenan, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 06158 (2d Dept. Nov. 29, 2023) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department examined the often “nettlesome” question of whether a plaintiff claiming...more

The Title Reporter — Summer 2021

Rivkin Radler LLP on 7/6/2021

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in New York has ruled that a title insurance policy excluded coverage for a “Declaration and...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending November 23, 2018

Carlton Fields on 12/7/2018

Real Property Update - Reverse Mortgage / Statute of Limitations: as a matter of first impression, statute of limitations for enforcing reverse mortgage begins on date the note matures, notwithstanding earlier-death of...more

Does a title company owe a duty of care to third parties in the recording of legal instruments?

Snell & Wilmer on 8/19/2015

This is precisely the question that the Ninth Circuit recently certified to the Washington Supreme Court in Centurion Properties III, LLC v. Chicago Title Ins. Co. Facts of the Case - In this case, Centurion...more

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