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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!
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
📢Tips
🤖AI, Automations other Tech for Title Insurance
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📅Events
🐐A Wicked Sense of Humor: Sunday Funnies
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📜Title Archive: Educational Resources
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🎥 Due Diligence and Legal Issues In A Real Estate Transaction
🎥 Spotting Fake IDs: Protecting Your Real Estate Transactions
📄What Happens if a Satisfaction of Mortgage is Not Properly Recorded?
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🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
🎙️Modernizing the Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court
📄How to Transform Blighted Properties Into High-Value Assets
📄75 laugh-out-loud real estate memes to boost your marketing in 2025
📰New Maryland law allows property tax breaks for affordable rental housing allocations
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📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
📰 House Financial Services Committee Cites HUD, CFPB Cuts As Keys To Passing Trump Tax Bill
📰House Passes Tax Reform Package with Key Wins for Real Estate and Homeowners
📰Some homeowners could get a fat deduction under the new GOP tax bill. Here's what to know.
Policy Changes and Impacts on Real Estate
📰 CFPB Rescinding the 2021 COVID-19 Mortgage Servicing Final Rule
📰Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act introduced to help first time homebuyers
State Regulatory Changes
📰 Lenders May Be Blocked from Title Insurance Payouts if the Deed is Stolen (NY)
📰Foreclosure Moratorium Bill Amended to Protect BFPs - Assembly Bill 238 (CA)
📰CA Wildfire Disclosure Bills Examined for Title Impact (CA)
📰Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner declares Title Insurance E&O Insurance and Wire Fraud/Cyber Security Insurance to be largely unavailable in the state market and can be obtained from out of state vendors even if they do not possess a PA License. - Effective April 5, 2025 (PA)
📰North Dakota Senate Bill 2214 proposes merger of Securities Department with Insurance Department - sitting on governor's desk for signature (ND)
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