query: if I pay off my mortgage early is title insurance refundable

No.   The loan policy protected the lien position for the mortgage lender.  It was a one time non-refundable premium.

query: if I pay off my mortgage early is title insurance refundable

No.   The loan policy protected the lien position for the mortgage lender.  It was a one time non-refundable premium.

RESPRO continues fight for fair treatment

Just the RESPA News headline is enough to make me chuckle.

RESPRO continues fight for fair treatment

Just the RESPA News headline is enough to make me chuckle.

query: what is a fully executed HUD-1

Thank you for the query.  This one really points to the regular use of industry lingo that is unfamiliar to most consumers.  We toss around phrases like this and just expect that people know what the heck we are talking about, eh?  ;)

HUD-1 refers to a form created by the federal government under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, RESPA.  The form is used in most real estate related

query: what is a fully executed HUD-1

Thank you for the query.  This one really points to the regular use of industry lingo that is unfamiliar to most consumers.  We toss around phrases like this and just expect that people know what the heck we are talking about, eh?  ;)

HUD-1 refers to a form created by the federal government under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, RESPA.  The form is used in most real estate related

parallel worlds of real estate sales, mortgage lending, and title insurance

Most homebuyers - as consumers - must navigate procedures, language, documents and all sorts of mumbo jumbo created by these three industries just to buy a house.  What's horrendously confusing is that all three industries serving the consumer in the same transaction are not cross trained.  They operate in seemingly separate but parallel worlds with very little understanding of core documents and