In a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee’s Housing and Insurance Subcommittee in May, Diane Evans, president of American Land Title Association, addressed the glaring issue in the ...

Q: We are buying our first home and are stretching our savings to pay for the down payment and closing costs, not to mention the moving expenses. Our lender sent us our closing cost estimate, which ...

Title insurance offers protection from problems with a property’s title, including liens, ownership disputes and encroachments. There are two types: a mandatory lender’s policy, whose cost is based on ...