Fannie, Freddie to Delay Mortgage Refinance Surcharge Until Dec. 1
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will delay a contentious 0.5% surcharge on most refinanced home…
Author: Land Title Association of Mississippi
The Land Title Association of Mississippi is a professional association dedicated to creating an environment which enables its members to provide the public with the highest quality land title evidencing, title insurance and settlement services.
FHFA Reconsidering Refinance Surcharge
According to several reports, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are considering delaying the implementation of the purposed adverse market finance fee of 50 basis points.…
Member Highlight – Agent: Jana Manlove
Although Jana Manlove began her legal career working for an insurance defense firm, she has found her niche in the field of real estate curative…
MISMO® Releases Proposed Commercial Appraisal Data Standards
MISMO, the mortgage industry’s standards organization, recently released proposed data standards for commercial property appraisals. The new dataset will facilitate the efficient exchange of appraisal…
Member Highlight – Agent: Gardner Richey
First American Title Insurance Company agents have come to know Gardner Richey as a talented and resourceful agent representative, but he recently began a new…
45,815 Mississippi companies receive PPP loans
On July 6, 2020, the federal government released the names of 45,815 companies and organizations in Mississippi that received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, which…
NEW LAW: Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts
House Bill 1156, which would create the Revised Mississippi Law on Notarial Acts, was approved by Governor Reeves on June 25, 2020, and becomes effective…
Our Title Is Protection
ALTA recently introduced a new campaign entitled “Our Title is Protection.” Meet the defenders, private investigators, guardians, and bodyguards of the American Dream. There are…
Diamondhead CC and POA v. CCCI – Restrictive Covenants
In a recent case, Diamondhead Country Club and Property Owners Association Inc. v. Committee for Contractual Covenants Compliance Inc., 2020 WL 3055993, at *1 (Miss.App.,…
e-Notary Law slowly moves forward without RIN, RON and paper-out procedure
Legislation by State Representative Shane Aguirre (R-17) that would authorize electronic notarization of documents received approval Tuesday (June 2, 2020) from the Senate Judiciary, Division…
SAFE Banking Act Included in Proposed Fourth COVID Stimulus Package
The Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019 has been included as part of House Democrats’ proposal for a fourth stimulus package in…
ID Verification
Watch Courtney Robbins, an attorney with Luckett Land Title and the current LTAMS Legislative Chair, demonstrate how to use the new identity verification process –…
Member Highlight – Abstractor: Jeaneen Bobo
Like many of the best real estate abstractors, Jeaneen Bobo learned her craft through one-on-one training by a close friend. As she was going through…
Hinds County e-Recordings Delayed
We understand that the Hinds County Chancery Clerk’s office is currently behind on recording and indexing documents submitted electronically through all of its e-recording vendors.…
All MS CLE Obligations for 2019-2020 may be completed online
The Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education petitioned for the temporary removal of the limit on CLE credit earned through online programs. In support of…
MISMO Issues ALTA-supported Uniform Closing Instructions
For the past few years, ALTA and the Mortgage Bankers Association have been working with the Mortgage Industry’s Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO) to create uniform…
Qualia Introduces a New Video Chat Feature
According to a recent poll of Qualia customers, it appears that the majority of title & escrow companies across the country switched to working remotely…
Top 10 Tips to Protect Employee’s Health
We know that healthy employees are crucial to your business. As we move from the shelter-in-place order to the safer-at-home order, here are 10 ways…
Member Highlight – Associate: Qualia
Qualia’s goal is focused: provide the necessary infrastructure to streamline the home closing experience. And since its founding in 2015, it has achieved that goal…
ALTA Webinar: How Your Business Can Access Financial Assistance Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocated almost $350 billion to help small businesses keep workers employed amid the pandemic and economic…