When you buy a piece of real estate, what you actually purchase is the title to the property. All of the money that exchanges hands helps ensure that you will be the official owner according to title records maintained by your local county recorder's office. As you...
Title insurance protects homebuyers and lenders from damages caused by a bad title. Most policies provide protection against back taxes, outstanding liens against the property, conflicting wills and other common claims filed against a title. While a title search can...
Maybe you inherited a piece of property from a family member, or perhaps you purchased it in a non-traditional manner, such as through a land contract. You may have become the owner without actually doing a thorough title search prior to claiming ownership or...
If you are interested in purchasing a property or selling it on to someone who is looking at it, one of the things you need to have done is a title search. The title search can reveal all kinds of problems with the title in the form of a cloud. A cloud on a title is...