by Jeanine | Apr 30, 2018 | CFPB, Closing, Government Oversite
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized an amendment to its TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule that addresses when mortgage lenders with a valid justification may pass on increased closing costs to consumers and disclose them on a Closing...
by Jeanine | Mar 22, 2018 | Abstracting/Searching, Education, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Recording of Legal Documents, Technology, Title Technology
The Property Records Industry Association (PRIA) has released its latest whitepaper on GIS and Land Records Integration. Although Geographic Information System (GIS) is a relatively new tool for anyone interested in land records, the recording of property records has...
by Jeanine | Feb 5, 2018 | ALTA, Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Fraud, GIS, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Licensing, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Notaries, Online Education, Property Records Industry Assoc PRIA, Public Records, Teaching Tools for Education, Technology, Title Insurance, Title Technology
E-Notarization has been here for some time. Effective July 1, 2006, the Minnesota Legislature enacted electronic notary legislation pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 358 and 359, allowing electronic notarization to be applied to a document so that the document can be...
by Jeanine | Jan 23, 2018 | CFPB, Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Government Oversite, mortgage, Privacy and Public Records, Real Estate Law
Seeks Public Input on Ways to Better Fulfill Statutory Obligations JAN 17, 2018 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced that it is issuing a call for evidence to ensure the Bureau is fulfilling its proper and appropriate functions...
by Jeanine | Jan 19, 2018 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Land Title Technical Stuff, Public Records, Recording of Legal Documents
Effective January 1, 2018, Carver County requires on all sales a Subsurface Sewage System Treatment Form along with the certificate of real estate value, to be presented to the county auditor’s office. While I think it’s a good idea to handle such things...
by Jeanine | Dec 28, 2017 | Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, Government Oversite, Industry News, mortgage, Taxes
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) worked throughout the tax reform process to preserve the existing tax benefits of homeownership and real estate investment, as well as to ensure real estate professionals would benefit from proposed tax cuts. Many of the...
