Archive for the Title and Escrow Category

Understanding the terminology of “loan docs”

ARDELL on 04 17, 2009 | 7 Comments

Back in February of 2006 I took the time to type out an outline of everything that happens with a real estate transaction, and color coded it to reflect who does what. I called it Anatomy of a Real Es

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ING Bank suing under RICO statutes to recover losses by alleged local real estate fraud ring.

Tim on 03 16, 2009 | 15 Comments

Here is the article from the Seattle Times. Excerpt: In one deal, the bank loaned a borrower $935,000 to buy a Tacoma house for $1.35 million — a house that, according to the real-estate Web sit

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How to stop escrow madness in an instant

Tim on 01 28, 2009 | 4 Comments

The most wonderful, beautiful and innocent thing stopped the frenzy,  processes and insanity of end of month escrow transactions in an instant.  That thing was the glow of a sharply dressed very eld

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Fidelity Title Calls Off the LandAmerica Merger

Rhonda Porter on 11 24, 2008 | 191 Comments

Update: Since I wrote this post, Fidelity is back on with the LandAmerica merger (11/26/2008). LandAmerica has released a statement to the public regarding this recent debacle which has many wonder

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