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Nabbing a deed to a home these days is no easy feat. In this hostile market, many hopeful buyers are looking around for a fixer-upper just to get a toehold. In fact, there are financing options out there that make…
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Out of Control: Title Insurance and Other “Extras” Home Buyers Pay
$18K annually. That’s what the average homeowner pays to be one — above and beyond the price of the home and mortgage, property taxes, and utilities. Mortgage closing costs make up a third of that figure. U.S. housing costs are…
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Seller-Paid Agent Commissions Are Over in August. How Will Buying Homes Change?
Effective August 17, sellers won’t have to agree to pay both sides’ commissions up front when they list their homes for sale. And agents can no longer communicate “offers of compensation” to other agents through their local Multiple Listing Services.…
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Ohio Court Ruling Clarifies Rights Under the Dormant Mineral Act and Enforces Champerty Doctrine in Cardinal Minerals, LLC v. Miller
In a significant ruling for mineral rights and property law in Ohio, the Seventh District Court of Appeals rendered a decision in Cardinal Minerals, LLC v. Miller, 2024-Ohio-2133, that underscores the complexity of the Dormant Mineral Act (DMA) and the…
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Luxury Homes, Bitcoin Bros… And the Rest of Us
Love it or hate it, there’s one thing that’s hard to deny. Bitcoin’s enjoying a highly successful year. The launch of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has so far been a resounding success for Wall Street’s financial powerhouses. BlackRock alone has…
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Still on the Fence About Selling or Buying This Summer? Consider This.
On the fence about selling your home? Or maybe you’d love to be a buyer, but wonder whether to watch and see if mortgage rates drop… And why not wait for better rates, if you have time to spare? Then…
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Ohio’s County Deed Recorders on the Verge of Digitization
Plus, New Provisions to Prevent Deed Fraud Senate Bill 94, sponsored by the two Republican State Senators Al Landis and Andrew Brenner, has successfully passed in the Ohio Senate. Its goal? Modernizing the 88 county recorders’ offices throughout Ohio.
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Is the Deed Still Good After Erosion?
Boundaries of waterfront property can change. And today, more and more, homes near beaches or tidal rivers are losing land. The issue? Climate-related sea level rise. The impact? U.S. coastlines will see tides rise by about a foot between now…
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Wait—Did Alabama Put Restrictions on Flooded Home Deeds So Owners Can’t Sue?
Homeowners in Shiloh, situated in Coffee County in southern Alabama, have questions. According to an exposé by Inside Climate News, officials put deed restrictions on their home titles, preventing them from suing the state. These covenants run with the land,…
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Tapping Into Home Equity Puts a Lien on Your Deed. Consider the Risks.
Many deed holders have accumulated a lot of home equity over recent years. Financial gurus online often encourage homeowners to tap into it. After all, why not take advantage of a home’s rise in value to get cash and do…
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I’m a Senior, Looking for a Mortgage. Will I Be Treated Fairly?
Great question. The first thing to know is that the Equal Credit Opportunity Act is on your side! Under this federal law, lenders may not consider an applicant’s age as a reason to approve or turn down your application. Simply…
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Driving Change: Can a Real Estate Company Use AI to Root Out Prejudice in Deeds?
Seattle real estate firm John L. Scott is on to something. The company is working with Amazon Web Services to create intelligent document processing. The goal? To help deed holders easily check for race-based deed restrictions — and take action.…
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Builders Meet Buyers Where They Are—With Smaller Homes
At Elm Trails, a subdivision of San Antonio, the giant developer Lennar sells compact homes for just $150K or so. The houses themselves take up less than 700 square feet. They’re placed on 20-foot lots with little backyards and no…
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Deed Theft Should Not Exist
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Title? If you hold the deed, you can’t be evicted, right? True — except if your deed is pulled out from under you by a nasty actor. It shouldn’t happen, but it does.…
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Deed Restrictions as Affordability Tools
Vacation Town Residents Get Paid to Live in Their Homes Park City, Utah is a tourist mecca. It’s known for the Sundance Resort, with its famous Sundance Film Festival. Need we say it’s a town full of vacation rentals? Two-thirds…
