🐐Title Underground: FinCEN Rule Lawsuits Are Exploding; Proposed Foreign Investor Tax Could Hit FIRPTA Harder Than You Think, & More 22-June-2025
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📄A Systemic Breakdown of Real Estate’s Operating Assumptions
📄Why Dubai is setting the global standard for PropTech innovation
📄California Court Finds Title Insurer Acted in Bad Faith for Denying Defense Over Easement Dispute
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⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
📰Potential FIRPTA consequences embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill
📰Fannie Mae Publishes List of Approved Underwriters for Funding Multifamily Deals
📰CFPB Rescinding the 2021 COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Final Rule
📰FinCEN Updates
Lawsuits to Stop the RER From Taking Effect
📰FinCEN Asks for More Comments on its Real Estate Reporting Form (⏰end July 7th)
State Regulatory Changes
📰Several States have Enacted Licensing Related Fee Changes
Delaware will increase fees for insurance professionals by $25 -
Effective June 13, 2025
Kansas will no longer charge for appointment renewals - Effective July 1, 2025
North Dakota has updated fees for license classes, exams, and appointments for residents and nonresidents - Effective August 1, 2025
📰Philadelphia also increasing Recording Fees, effective July 1st, 2025
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👀Cyber Security & Fraud
📰‘Pig Butchering’: U.S. Secret Service Warns NAR of Crypto Scam Targeting Agents
📄Charlotte Man Sentenced To Prison For His Role In Multi-Million Dollar Bank Fraud Scheme
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