Thursday, March 26, 2009

restrictions...for heavens sake, get a copy and read them!

I've had a nice e-mail exchange this week with a reader who wondered why her title insurance agent had never told her about the restrictive covenants for the housing plan in which she lived.The lots in this plan are large and were meant to be used for residential purposes only. A neighbor, unaware of the restrictive covenants, started farming on their lot and added livestock. Our reader, also

restrictions...for heavens sake, get a copy and read them!

I've had a nice e-mail exchange this week with a reader who wondered why her title insurance agent had never told her about the restrictive covenants for the housing plan in which she lived.The lots in this plan are large and were meant to be used for residential purposes only. A neighbor, unaware of the restrictive covenants, started farming on their lot and added livestock. Our reader, also

Friday, March 20, 2009

working on a mystery, a title agent mystery that is

We're working with a consumer buying a commercial property who also planned to use their residence as collateral for a line of credit to make improvements on the new building. Routine process, their bank asked for a copy of the deed to their house and they can't find it. They called their mortgage lender who starting acting kinda weird and would only provide an unexecuted copy of a mortgage, so

working on a mystery, a title agent mystery that is

We're working with a consumer buying a commercial property who also planned to use their residence as collateral for a line of credit to make improvements on the new building. Routine process, their bank asked for a copy of the deed to their house and they can't find it. They called their mortgage lender who starting acting kinda weird and would only provide an unexecuted copy of a mortgage, so

Friday, March 13, 2009

PA escheat deadline coming up.

Just a reminder to PA title agents that our deadline for filing unclaimed property reports with the Pennsylvania Treasury Department is April 15th. A copy of the Unclaimed Property Act is available at www.patreasury.org.We are being reminded by the Department that a compliance report is to be filed, even if we have no unclaimed property.

PA escheat deadline coming up.

Just a reminder to PA title agents that our deadline for filing unclaimed property reports with the Pennsylvania Treasury Department is April 15th. A copy of the Unclaimed Property Act is available at www.patreasury.org.We are being reminded by the Department that a compliance report is to be filed, even if we have no unclaimed property.

Friday, March 6, 2009

I'm kinda blown away.....I had no idea Tanta died.

A few months ago I stopped following all the title blogs and all the mortgage blogs. I just couldn't take it anymore. So, this is a belated.....RIP Tanta.You really knew your stuff and you knew how to teach. I see a guitar in your hands and that makes me smile.