Google opens Google Scholar

This is very exciting! Google has opened Google Scholar. We can now search by topic, case law, you can add date and author info to your search. A great tool for the Real Estate Industry with a huge source of information for the title industry. Pluses:

Search by State is available
It doesn’t just link to FindLaw [...]

NAIC’s Title Working Group meets with Industry Professionals

“A Day in the Life of a Title Insurer” was hosted for the NAIC’s Title Working Group in [...]

To Fix the Housing Crisis: Get Rid of Title Insurance?!!

Reuters has an interesting, albeit confusing, article referring to a Fix for the Housing Crisis by reinventing or getting rid of the title insurance industry. It is a great example of just how misunderstood [...]

Why Become a NALTEA Certified Abstractor?

Jeanne Johnson from the National Association of Land Title Examiners and Abstractors (NALTEA) will be giving a presentation at the Louisiana Land Title Association (LLTA) Conference in New Orleans on December 5th, telling the LLTA about NALTEA and its National Certified Abstractor (NCA) designation and education program. [...]

Iowa Stops Access to Online Public Land Record Documents

Due to privacy concerns, visitors to the Iowa Land Records website will now discover a statement indicating that “…until further notice all document images are restricted and cannot be accessed through this Website.” Phil Dunshee, one of the site’s project managers, said in a press release that access to the records would be suspended [...]