True stories from First American claim files, hand-picked to show a variety of issues and real problems that can arise in modern real estate transactions.
A comprehensive collection of articles, covering topics of current interest to lenders, attorneys, title insurers and other real estate professionals. The area includes regularly updated practical tips, forms, primers, manuals, treatises and outlines.
The American Land Title Association (“ALTA”) Forms Committee has completed its work on a project that began in late 2003 – to revise the standard, or “base,” ALTA Owner’s and Loan Policy forms and a number of related forms. These new forms were formally adopted by the ALTA Board of Governors at its meeting on June 17, 2006. The new policy forms bear the adoption date of “6/17/06” and will be known as the “2006 ALTA Owner’s Policy,” the “2006 ALTA Loan Policy” and the “2006 ALTA Short Form Residential Loan Policy.”2006 ALTA Policy and Endorsement Forms PDF"
This is for anyone wanting a basic understanding of tax-deferred exchanges of real property. Here you will find a description of common exchange procedures, a brief history explaining how modern exchange practice came to be, as well as laws and Regulations you need to know.
We are frequently asked to explain differences in coverage between title insurance and other forms of title assurance, such as attorney opinion letters.
This publication is intended to introduce the basic principles used in describing real property for title evidence. It is not expected, however, that having studied the contents, you will be qualified to prepare legal descriptions or to determine the sufficiency of descriptions intended as title evidence. Instead, this material should better enable you to:
Oscar H. Beasley is Senior Vice President and Senior Title Counsel of First American Title Insurance Company. Mr. Beasley received his B.A. from the University of Omaha and his law degree from the University of Iowa. He has been admitted to practice
