Are you safe from title fraud?
It’s a type of identity theft you may not have heard of before, but it could jeopardize one of your most precious assets.
For Immediate Release: Attorney-facilitated online closings
Real estate agents enamored by Federal Title’s new attorney-facilitated online closings
Customers of the D.C.-based title company don’t have to sacrifice quality experience of in-office attorney closing when opting for convenience of...
DC Tax Abatement Income, Purchase Price Thresholds Increase
Officially known as the Lower Income Homeowner Exemption Program, DC Tax Abatement delivers a large tax savings to first-time homebuyers who qualify.
Without title insurance, new homeowner pays special assessment
The buyer was stuck with a $9,550 special assessment on her property tax bill because she waived title insurance coverage at closing.In this story, the homebuyer purchased a property from an estate in which the prior owner decedent had...
How to scan your closing documents when you don’t have a scanner
The pandemic brought on by COVID-19 demands we improvise in our lives.
Not long ago, buyers and sellers would go to the office of the title company to sign closing documents, and often sit across from one another at the conference table,...