🐐Title Underground: Apostilles, Lady Bird Deeds, Flood Zones & More 4-May-2025
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Hi, I’m Cheryl, your guide to the Title Underground. Each week, I curate the most important news, insights, and resources—so you don’t have to. Just scan the headlines and dive into what matters most to you!
Inside this Edition:
📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
📢Tips
🪄Magically Thriving Business💸: Resources to help you run and grow your business.
📅Events
🐐A Wicked Sense of Humor: Sunday Funnies
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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🐐🎙️Check Washing Fraud Is Still a Problem: Here’s How to Protect Your Escrow Accounts
🌍 Foreign Tax CPA: Understanding Cultural Naming Practices in International Real Estate Transactions
📄Quitclaim vs. Lady Bird Deed in Florida: Key Differences Every Property Owner Should Know
📄Understanding Apostilles: What They Are and When You Need One
📄Revised Rates & Forms: Stewart Title:
California - effective April 21, 2025
Nevada - effective April 28, 2025
📄FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders - April 15-Oct 19, 2025 - California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and the District of Columbia
American Land Title Association (ALTA) recently adopted a new/revised ALTA 28 Endorsement - Damage or Enforced Removal, effective April 2, 2025 (availability depends on State and Underwriter)
ALTA Revised Closing Protection Letter - Dual Agent - effective April 2, 2025
Flood Zones:
📄Is Your Property In A Flood Zone? Find Out In 2 Minutes Or Less!
📄Underwriting Bulletin: NJ Flood Hazard Area Controls and Deed Notices
🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📰 Jennifer McAlpine named the new Director of Marketing at Alanna.ai
📰Tariffs Then & Now: What 5,000 Years of History Teach Us About Real Estate
📰 Stewart Title Insurance Company Merges with Stewart Title Guaranty Company in New York
📄The Bloody History of Rate Cycles and how they've driven every major real estate boom and bust
📅The Ins and Outs of Reviewing Title and Land Surveys for Real Estate Transactions (On Demand Webinar - CLE)
📰Homebuyer mortgage demand drops further, as economic uncertainty roils the housing market
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
📰FHA walks back Biden-era restrictions on foreclosed property sales
Trump Budget to Cut Funding to Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Policy Changes and Impacts on Real Estate
State Regulatory Changes
📢TIP:
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Hmmm...May when you're a title agent. Is the market going to heat up or just the temperatures?
Stay Wicked,
Cheryl
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