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 Jeanne | Jul 14, 2020 | BLM, Education, Must Read and See, NAR National Assoc of Realtors, Personal notes to friends
Say out loud, as fast as you can, the COLOR of these words. See. Our unconscious bias for reading overtakes our conscious effort to identify color. Our unconscious color bias also overrides our sense of humanity. Many of us deny we have bias. With BLM, bias is...
by Jeanne | May 24, 2017 | CFPB, Closing, FinCEN, FNMA /Fannie Mae, Foreclosure, Fraud, Government Oversite, Industry News, Must Read and See, Privacy and Public Records, RESPA, SEC Securities and Exchange Commissionn, TRID Truth in Lending RESPA Integrated Disclosure
CFPB Seeks Servicing Agent Comments on Proposed Mortgage Servicing Rules. This is an important discussion for Service Providers who work for Mortgage Lenders LINK TO CFPB POST By Erik Durbin and Paul Rothstein – MAY 04, 2017 Today, we’ve released our plan to assess...
by Jeanne | Nov 9, 2016 | Government Oversite, Must Read and See, Personal notes to friends
It’s been a tough election. Regardless of your political persuasion, half of the US population is now in turmoil over the election results. Remember, we are a strong nation and our peaceful transition with new leadership is a testament to who we are. Let us be...
by Jeanne | Oct 11, 2016 | CFPB, Government Oversite, Industry News, mortgage, Must Read and See, Title Insurance, Title Insurance Lawsuits
Excellent Article in The Atlantic today on the CFPB After a spate of recent activity which has included introducing long-awaited regulations for payday lenders and prepaid cards and a nearly $200 million fraud settlement from Wells Fargo, the Consumer Financial...
by Jeanne | Aug 4, 2016 | CFPB, Closing, Education, Government Oversite, Industry News, Must Read and See
Press Release NAR Real estate professionals experiencing trouble receiving copies of the closing disclosure under federal closing rules that took effect last year for residential real estate transactions should see relief under proposed changes and clarifications to...