Title Insurance and Your Transaction
When it comes to title insurance, Texas is an anomalous state. Most states are “ALTA states” and use title insurance forms that the American Land Title Association — a trade association representing the title insurance...more
For those of you who question whether an owner’s policy of title insurance is a waste of money, please remember that examining title is still an essential component of due diligence investigations. Real estate investments are...more
Michael Heller’s, Matthew Spero’s and Lawrence Han’s Winter issue of the Title Reporter was published in the Real Estate Finance Journal. This article discusses the following court rulings and other title insurance-related...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of Title Insurance Update Winter 2024: •The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, affirming a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, has ruled...more
If you are purchasing residential or commercial real estate, you may have heard the term “title insurance” bounced around. Title insurance is very important and protects your legal claim to the title of your real estate. In...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •An appellate court in Arkansas, affirming a trial court’s decision, has ruled that a title insurer had properly...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry •A federal district court in New York has rejected a lawsuit filed by insureds under a title insurance policy...more
Here is what we cover in this issue of The Title Reporter: A Legal Update for the Title Insurance Industry: •A Delaware trial court has ruled that plaintiffs suing a title insurer for breach of a title insurance policy...more
Real Property Update - Inverse Condemnation: conditions placed by FDOT on the issuance of a drainage connection permit constituted a land use exaction requiring a factual determination as to whether the drainage...more
Effective May 1, 2016, title insurance premiums and endorsement costs, as recommended by the Title Insurance Rating Bureau of Pennsylvania, will increase by 12% across the board. This increase applies to both the sale and...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Certiorari; discovery: Certiorari review was not available to an owner of property seeking review of a trial court’s order denying his discovery requests, where the order did not completely...more
Foreclosure/Statute of Limitations: statute of limitations did not bar foreclosure action even though filed more than five years after breach and acceleration of note upon which previous foreclosure action that had been...more