Types of Title Insurance Policies

When you are ready to close your transaction and buy your new home, you will notice that there are two types of title insurance policies. This is because the home buying process typically involves buying both a loan policy and an owner's policy of ...

Home Buying Process

Closing Costs

Below is an overview of the types of closing costs you may incur on your loan.

Some are one-time fees while others recur over the life of the loan. When you apply for your loan, you will receive a Good Faith Estimate of settlement charges ...

WHAT IS ESCROW?

Escrow is the depositing of funds and documents that establish the terms and conditions for the transfer of property ownership with an impartial third party (Title365) for delivery upon completion of the terms of the escrow instruction. When the parties deliver documents and money to the impartial ...

Faced with increasing demand for low-income housing, public housing authorities are finding that investing in green building solutions can make their homes more affordable and more livable.

Seattle Housing Authority, one of the nation's largest public housing agencies, has found a way to cut fuel consumption by 37 percent ...

First-time home buyers, more than any other demographic, stand to benefit the most in today's real estate market.

In fact, a recent survey commissioned by Move.com reveals that 23 percent of adults plan to purchase a home in the next five years and that more than half of ...

A third of the nation's households rent their residences, according to the 2010 U.S. Census Report, and that number rises as high as two-thirds in large metropolitan areas, such as New York and Los Angeles.

Given the steady demand for rental housing, it's no wonder that individuals ...

If ...

Have you forgotten something in figuring where you're going to retire to?

Let's see, you've researched which states tax Social Security income (only 14, including Colorado, Connecticut, Kansas, North Dakota and Vermont).

And you've even consulted the numbers-crunchers at Bankrate.com to learn which states scored ...

4 Surprising Tips You Need to Know Before Buying or Selling a House?

And when it comes to buying or selling a house, it turns out some of the very best -- ones that can translate into big bucks -- are those maybe only someone with Brian Williams' imagination would think of ...