Market Softening TrendsWHAT is currently occurring in the real estate sector? Suddenly, there appears to be market softening across numerous regions nationwide. Even in traditionally hot markets such as Idaho, Florida, and Texas, builders are now providing incentives and discounts to clear inventory. Typically during this season, demand increases significantly. People want to purchase after […]
Are Condos the New Timeshares?So here’s an interesting question for the real estate industry, especially in Florida: Are condos the new timeshares? Meaning that for a long time, timeshares were a desirable way of getting a property that you could use for a certain purpose, for less money than a typical single-family home or typical […]
Liens and JudgmentsSo you have some type of lien against you. Maybe it’s a lawsuit judgment, a court judgment, maybe it’s a phantom lien on your real estate, maybe it’s a prior second mortgage or home equity loan that became a zombie loan. It disappeared and went dead for a while, now it’s back to […]
Real Estate Market OverviewWhether you’re a homeowner, a renter, or want to be a homeowner or sell your house, everybody wants to know what’s going to happen with real estate. Everybody wants to know what the future of real estate is, and it affects so many industries. It impacts people even who are not in […]
Abandoned VehiclesOne of the terms we hear most often in our car title division is when clients and customers say they want to do an abandoned vehicle. Those are the two words that we hear most often: abandoned vehicle. And usually, it involves a person who has purchased a vehicle or acquired a vehicle and […]
The Ever-Growing Scam in Real Estate TransactionsThis is an ever-growing scam that happens to real estate transactions, title companies, escrow companies, and this was a Silicon Valley executive lost almost a half million dollars stolen by cyber criminals. Here’s how it works and here’s how it’s a very easy thing to avoid. How Real Estate […]
What are Zombie Mortgages?So what are zombie mortgages? Zombie mortgages are a type of loan which has been presumed to long been dormant but is now popping back up. That’s why they call it zombie. This goes for mortgages, it goes for car loans, it goes for judgment debts, and a lot of other kinds […]
Property Liens: Understanding the BasicsThis is Dave Panelli, certified title abstractor and examiner, today talking about property liens. What is a lien on a property? First of all, make sure we understand the exact spelling of this. It’s “lien,” not “lean” like you’re leaning on something. A lien is a recording on a piece of […]
This article from the BBC is talking about technology not transforming building. Robots can’t yet construct a building. I had a really good picture here of some people lifting up the wall of a building, and if you took a worker from a 1920s construction site and transported them to a present-day project, they wouldn’t […]
Man, we’re seeing so many cases of probate fraud where people are stealing money from their own families. And what usually happens is even prior to an older person in a family dying, some of the family members will start moving assets around. They’ll start concealing money, they’ll start quit claiming property deeds, they’ll start […]
