11.29.06
Good RESPA site
A great webcast http://www.respanewsupdate.com/
for land title people.
11.24.06
Habitat for Humanity Homeowners Targeted by preditory lenders
Please read below and help get correct information to this reporter for your community. At the least, please access a list of recent foreclosure filings and deeds in lieu in your jurisdiction and forward them on to Mara:Mara Der Hovanesian, a writer for BusinessWeek, is looking for Habitat for Humanity homeowners who have been targeted by lenders and brokers to flip their zero-percent interest loans into other products that have proved unfit and even potentially predatory. Many of these homeowners are in the process or are in jeopardy of losing their homes. If you have any information about this, please contact: Mara Der Hovanesian
Banking and finance editor
BusinessWeek
(212) 512-4035
mara_derhovanesian@…
11.03.06
Forbes Article Seriously Damages Title Industry
The new article in Forbes Magazine can be viewed for free, if you are willing to register, at
The article appears to focus on a non-existent title business of the future. While it is true that on-line title records provide a benefit to title searchers, insurers and the public at large, the article does not recognize the fact that there are over 3,000 counties in the U.S. where land records need to be searched; that the vast majority of these counties have little or no online records,certainly not enough to glean the years worth of information that is necessary to determine easements on the property, restrictions, etc. And besides searching the Recorders Offices, there are District Courts, Federal Courts, Circuit Courts, Probate and Divorce Courts, Tax and Assessment Records, and Dozens of other locations that only an experienced abstractor/ title professional know how to deal with.Please read the article and share your thoughts on the industry.
11.01.06
Use of Geo-codes for Parcel ID (tax no.)
Hello Jeanne!
I seem to recall that you had a projection using quarter quarter numbers as a geo-code to identify where tax parcels are located, but I cannot find it in my materials. Do you recall seeing or having such an animal? Would you please share? I have an Anoka County property with PID of 11-32-22-21-0006. I could have sworn this was NW ¼ of NE ¼, but is it actually NE ¼ of NW ¼?
Jay Delveaux
Title Examiner
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