New Laws Protect Homeowners, Whistle Blowers

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Gov. Ed Rendell has signed two bills into law to crack down on mortgage fraud in Pennsylvania.[The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect employees at mortgage companies who report illegal activity.]The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect

On Iran....Read this if you want to help or get help!

The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and get help on this:English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring

Is this a good thing?

AUSTIN, Texas, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First American Spatial Solutions (FASS), a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies and a leader in spatial and natural hazard risk solutions, announced today that it has digitally mapped more than 120 million of America's property parcels - something no other public or private entity has been able to accomplish

skipping legal advice with a trust and living to regret it

Here's a case to ponder.An elderly lady is in a nursing home. We'll call her Sally. Sally deeded her real estate into a Trust. She also gave a Power of Attorney to her granddaughter, we'll call her Polly.Polly listed the real estate for sale and signed the sales agreement using the POA.I examined title, including the trust document and found no authority for using the POA. Instead what I found

and this is why we need mandatory annual CPA audits of agents

"It opened my eyes," he said. "It felt like a check from the title company was just as good as one from the bank. That is not the case. It's no better than a personal check."Read more....

transcript

I love that the PA Dept. of Insurance published the transcript of the hearing but I have to say court reporting must be tough. Many remarks are quite different in the transcript than they were in the room. I'll have to remember to speak slowly and carefully next time....if there is one. ;)

PA public hearing on Title Insurance

To all Interested Parties, Thank you for your interest and participation in the recent informational hearing on title insurance that was held by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department on May 28, 2009. Please be advised that the transcript of that hearing and any testimony or submissions received to date have now been posted to the Department’s Web site. As stated in an earlier e-mail, the