June 20, 2018 – Recent NYS Court Decisions Relevant to Title Insurance Industry
Recently, there have been numerous NY state case decisions relevant to the real estate and title insurance industry across many areas. Below you will find […]
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July 13, 2018 DFS Update
FRIDAY FAST FACTS DFS UPDATE The New York State title insurance industry has been subject to New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) […]
June 15, 2018 Title/Deed Issues Cause Delays in 11% of Closings
TITLE/DEED ISSUES CAUSE DELAYS IN 11% OF CLOSINGS Title and deed issues accounted for 11 percent of delayed closings in April, according to the […]
June 8, 2018 Fraudulent Email Wire Scams
FRAUDULENT EMAIL WIRE SCAMS Fraudulent email wire scams are increasing in the real estate business. Criminals know the real estate business and have learned […]
April 11, 2018 – Revised Title Insurance Rate Manual
Date: April 11, 2018 To: All Our Valued Clients: Please be advised that the Department of Financial Services of the State of New […]
January 26, 2018 Emergency Repair & Green Homes Benefit Assessment Searches
Below are two additional Municipal Searches which should be considered when the circumstance warrant Emergency Repair Search An Emergency Repair search is traditionally […]
December 12, 2017 DFS Regulation 208
As you may already be aware, The New York State Department of Financial Services Regulation 208 goes into effect on December 18, 2017. These regulations […]
August 22, 2017 Shareholders to Share or Lease and FinCen Form 8300 Added to our Website
We have updated our website and have added 2 new forms for your convenience: 1. Consent of Shareholders to Sale or Lease 2. FinCen Form […]
August 20, 2017 Congratulations Peter J. Calvanese
It is my pleasure to announce that, Peter J. Calvanese, Esq. has been appointed a member of the Law Committee of the New York State […]
February 24, 2017 – Extension of FinCEN Geographic Targeting Order
FinCen’s Geographic Targeting Order (“GTO”) on all cash transactions where the purchase is an entity, has been in effect since January 13, 2016, was expanded […]