Tag: Pennsylvania real estate
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Latest From Pittsburgh: More Deed Holders Learn They’re Tangled Up in Massive Fraud Case; Suspects Nabbed
Richard, a senior homeowner, was working with a Pittsburgh agent to sell his South Side property out of bankruptcy. But the Allegheny County property was transferred instead, for $1,000, to a shady LLC. It’s just the latest discovery in the massive fraud case unfolding in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Richard had to wind down his business due…
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In Pittsburgh, a Title Agent Finds Dozens of Local Deed Thefts
Title agent Kelsey Green got a call from a client who hoped to refinance. But somehow, without the client’s knowing, the deed to the Pittsburgh home had been stealthily transferred. Since then, the title agent has found 35 cases of deed theft. All have occurred in Pittsburgh’s South Side neighborhoods. Allegheny County records show deed…
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Dividing the Deed: Pennsylvania Follows New Jersey Into Partition Law Reforms
Pennsylvania deed holders who die without a will leave their homes to be passed on in court. In some cases, by the time someone in the family line resorts to the court system, heirs have scattered near and far. The heirs could lose land to corporations — land that belonged to the generations. New Jersey…
