News & Analysis as of August 16, 2025

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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 +

Fannie Mae: New Title, Closing Requirements for Multifamily Mortgages

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 8/5/2025

For the past few years, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Agency have investigated suspect fraudulent deals. After the great financial crisis, several regulations were implemented to increase the number...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending February 7, 2020

Carlton Fields on 2/19/2020

Real Property Update - Fraudulent Transfer: Real property that was worth less than mortgage encumbering it was not an asset per the plain language of section 726.102(2) and, therefore, could not support fraudulent transfer...more

Real Property, Financial Services, & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 4, 2019

Carlton Fields on 10/31/2019

Real Property Update - Foreclosure / Bankruptcy / Surrender: borrower cannot challenge judgment of foreclosure entered upon judicial notice of his statement of intention to surrender the property and order of discharge...more

Real Property, Financial Services & Title Insurance Update: Week Ending October 23, 2015

Carlton Fields on 10/27/2015

REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Documentary Stamp Tax: deferred interest on a “pick-a-payment” mortgage did not amount to future advance, which would have required payment of documentary stamp tax - Steinberg v. Wells...more

Title Insurance: When Does a Construction Lender “Create” or “Suffer” a Mechanics Lien?

Troutman Pepper on 8/26/2015

BB Syndication Services, Inc. v. First American Title Ins. Co., 785 F.3d 825 (7th Cir. 2015) – A construction lender sued a title insurance company seeking defense and indemnification in connection with claims in a...more

Rules Against Title Insurer on Date of Loss Issue

Dickinson Wright on 7/23/2015

In the recent decision in First American Title Insurance Co. v. Johnson Bank, 1 CA-CV 14-0190, 2015 WL 3965740 filed June 30, 2015, the Arizona Court of Appeals held that the date for calculating a loss under a lender’s title...more

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