Recent headlines have proclaimed that California's foreclosure crisis is a long way from over. First time home buyers, predicted to make up 55% of the market in 2010, are looking at REO's as an affordable way to get into the market. That makes REO or...
The Buyer’s Choice Act (AB 957) was established to protect the buyer’s right in an REO transaction in having a choice as to which Escrow Company and Title Company is used. This sounds great, although in many cases it can be a benefit to...
To help consumers more easily understand settlement costs and prevent big price discrepancies between the preliminary Good Faith Estimate and the HUD-1 settlement statement, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has created stricter Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) regulations are scheduled...
Every Tuesday, here at the American Trust Escrow blog, we post Technology Tips designed to help you, the REALTOR®, grow your business, keep up to date on the latest technologies, and move you forward into the new era of real estate. If you are a REALTOR...
The typical real estate escrow requires the buyer to sign 70 - 120 pages of documents, several of which require notarization. The seller also will have to notarize, at the minimum, the grant deed. Notarization, or the act of an uninvolved witness (the...
Every Tuesday, here at the American Trust Escrow blog, we post Technology Tips designed to help you, the REALTOR®, grow your business, keep up to date on the latest technologies, and move you forward into the new era of real estate. I love Posterous. It's...
What is the Statement of Information? Upon the opening of escrow, Buyers and Sellers receive their initial escrow package - the Statement of Information (also known as the Statement of Identity) is included in this package for completion and return to the escrow holder. The statement of...
Every Tuesday, here at the American Trust Escrow blog, we post Technology Tips designed to help you, the REALTOR®, grow your business, keep up to date on the latest technologies, and move you forward into the new era of real estate. Google is used by millions...
HOW THE NEW HUD REGULATION CHANGES YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT Terminology: HUD - Housing and Urban Development GFE - Good Faith Estimate (issued by lenders and mortgage brokers) HUD1 - Escrow Closing Statement (issued by closing company) The new HUD regulation that came into effect Nationwide on January 1, 2010 has...
Every Tuesday, here at the American Trust Escrow blog, we post Technology Tips designed to help you, the REALTOR®, grow your business, keep up to date on the latest technologies, and move you forward into the new era of real estate. This week we are going...
