What is Vesting and When Does Vesting Change? Vesting is the way property owners hold title to their real estate. Owners can hold title in different ways depending on their…
Category: Title Tuesday
Title Commitment Effective Date
What is an effective date on a title commitment and what does it represent? The title commitment is the title company’s promise to issue a title insurance policy to the…
Guidelines for Paying Off HELOCs
To ensure smooth closings, a payoff letter is needed A Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) is unique in that it is not an installment loan paid off with regularly…
Announcing New & Improved Customer Service Experience with Advocus Title
I’m Brian Carrara, Advocus Title’s EVP of Customer Satisfaction. I wanted to re-introduce myself and let you know about Advocus Title’s new customer success improvements. We have been working hard behind the…
Witness Requirements by State
Witness requirements during notarization of closing documents vary by state. When a closing involves a property in one of the states below, you MUST communicate the respective witness requirements to your borrower before the…