🐐Title Underground: IRS Digitizes ITIN, Names and Notaries, Biometric Tech, Smishing & More 1-June-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!
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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
🪄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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🌍 Foreign Tax CPA: 🔐 IRS Digitizes ITIN Application Process: What Title Agents & Legal Professionals Should Know
📰 Adapting to Real Estate Trends in 2025: A Guide for Title Companies
📄Legal Name vs. Assumed Name: What Every Notary and Signer Needs to Know
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🕵️♂️Underworld Intel: Must-Read Articles & Resources
📄 Home sellers face an ‘absolutely brutal’ market that’s tilting in buyers’ favor
📄 County recorders leverage biometric technology to fight deed fraud
📄 How Millennials and Gen Z Are Driving the Digital Payment Revolution (With Stats to Prove It)
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📖 Book of the Week
⚖️Regulatory & Policy Updates
Federal Agencies
📰 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Going Public? (Trump Truth Social Announcement)
📰 Updated list of Bill Pulte’s actions that impact FHFA, GSEs
State Regulatory Changes
📰 Legislation Aims to Establish Clear Cooperation Policy (must publicly market listings) in State Law (IL)
📰CLTA Negotiates Amendments to Unsolicited Offer Legislation -
Assembly Bill AB 851 (CA)📰Florida will begin displaying the Business Phone Number within the Producer Database.- Effective April 11, 2025 (FL)
📰Utah Bulletin reminder to Title Agents to keep records with the state updated. (UT)
Effective May 1, 2025 (IA)
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🤖AI, Automations other Tech for Title Insurance
📄Will AI Agents Replace Title Professionals? The Truth About Automation
🔗 The most underrated use of AI? Doing complex, multi-step tasks without needing multiple experts.
📄 The Evolutions of Title Insurance: Tech Trends and Innovations in the Industry
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