The Department of the Treasury and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced on September 30, 2019 that it will allow the government-sponsored enterprises to retain up to $45 billion in combined capital as they prepare to leave conservatorship. Earlier this month, …
Soon certain home sales of $400,000 and under will not need an appraisal. Federal regulators have approved a proposal to increase the threshold at which residential home sales require an appraisal. Last November, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), the …
The Mississippi Aquarium – a $93 million aquarium on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast – is set to open April 30, 2020. That’s a little over two weeks before the LTAMS Annual Conference 2020. The aquarium has been designed as a campus …
The Golden State is taking a major step in the protection of consumer data bypassing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January 1, 2020. The new law gives consumers insight into and control of their …
As a Ronald Reagan delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention that ultimately nominated Gerald Ford, Roy Perilloux makes no claims of political savvy. However, the same cannot be said of his career in the title industry. Beginning in 1985 …
The U.S. Treasury Department released a plan on September 5, 2019, restructuring the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Both are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The government put the two companies into …
The proposed merger between Fidelity National Financial and Stewart Information Services was terminated after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sought to block the deal. Statement by Fidelity Statement by Stewart
Generally, a “signature” is a handwritten depiction of someone’s name, nickname, or even a mark, such as a simple “X,” that a person writes on a document as a proof of identity and intent. The writer of a signature is …
No … this isn’t a reference to Hurricane Dorian, which continues to pummel the northwest Bahamas and is expected to begin its long-awaited march up the Southeast coast later today. Instead, this reference is to the looming risk of a …