Beware the Tax Sale: Vanaman v. American Pride Properties, LLC
Want to know why insuring title based on a tax deed is an ultra-hazardous risk? Look no further than Vanaman v. American Pride Properties, LLC,…
Author: Kenneth Farmer
Anti-Money Laundering Laws May Receive an Update Soon
On Tuesday, May 7, 2019, the American Land Title Association, together with the National Association of Realtors(c), and several other trade groups sent a letter…
Notarizations Outside the United States
We’ve all been there. A lender emails you with a question regarding an upcoming refinance transaction. The borrower(s) are off galivanting in [insert foreign country…
Signs point to slow-down
We’ve been hearing for some time now that the market is slowing down but haven’t really seen it in Mississippi just yet. In fact, our…
eNotes use skyrockets in first quarter
According to HousingWire’s Ben Lane, a newly released report from MERSCORP shows that the number of eNotes added to the MERS eRegistry during the first…
Stanford v. Mississippi Bar: To sweep or not to sweep
Mr. Agent, with the approval of his underwriter, elected to use a sweep account for all of the real estate closing businesses’ escrow accounts. All…
HB 962 – Clarifications Made to Miss. Code Ann. § 89-1-69
In the 2010 Regular Session, Mississippi enacted HB 886, which prohibited the payment of “private transfer fees” for the future conveyance of real residential properties.…
Supreme Court Says Foreclosure Firms Not Debt Collectors
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on March 20, 2019 in Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP that a business is not a “debtor collector”…