by Jeanne | Sep 14, 2020 | BLM, Closing, Education, FHA/HUD, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Signing Agents
What is a Minnesota Closing Agent? Minnesota is one of the states that requires closers and signing agents to be licensed. Why? Because closers have access to private information given by consumers to lenders to obtain a mortgage (addresses, Dates of Birth, SSNs,...
by Jeanne | Aug 20, 2020 | Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Minnesota Land Title Association, Mobile Notaries, mortgage, Must Read and See, Notaries, Public Records, Real Estate Law, Recording of Legal Documents
New bill for Closers, introduced in the MN Legislature on July 20th entitled “REAL ESTATE DOCUMENT NOTARIZATION; APPEARANCE BY VIDEO AUTHORIZATION DURING PEACETIME PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.” This important bill for Closing Agents was introduced by the MN land Title...
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 | 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...
by Jeanine | Aug 14, 2017 | Closing, County Recorder Education, Industry News, mortgage, Technology
Industry News, Technology update Thursday, August 10, 2017 North Carolina has been at the forefront of eMortgage and eClosing transactions, and Thursday saw the state at the center of another milestone. The state’s first eMortgage purchase transaction was completed...