On March 13, the Whitehouse issued an Executive Order (EO) titled Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit, which could pave the way for significant changes that would improve mortgage access and lower the cost of mortgages and closings by reducing regulatory burden. Noting that statutory and regulatory changes over the past two decades have increased the […]
While existing home prices remain flat across most of Florida in the early months of 2026, the statewide supply of single-family existing homes was at a healthy 4.8-months’ supply while condo-townhouse properties were at a 9.3-months’ supply, boding well for an uptick in sales this year. According to data from Florida Realtors Research Department, closed […]
If you are attending conferences in 2025, you are probably hearing a lot about artificial intelligence and where pundits think technological development is heading for the real estate, mortgage and title insurance industries. But you may not be hearing as much about what will be happening in the workforce in the coming decade, or more […]
The world is full of scam artists, as title agents know all too well. As the role of the title agent as guardian of the real estate transaction continues to evolve, ferreting out fraudulent actors puts added responsibility on the shoulders of title, escrow and closing agents. To accomplish this commission, agents rely increasingly on […]
Historically, scalability in the title insurance industry meant two things: 1) you work more hours in the busy months and fewer hours in the slow months, and 2) you hire more people in years when the market is on fire, and you fire them when a real estate recession hits. Today, title agencies have far […]
Declaring a Mobile Home as Real Property If you own the land your mobile home is on and it’s permanently attached, you can apply to have it considered Real Property. This straightforward process brings several benefits, as we'll explain. One Simple Tax Bill: Your mobile home and land are taxed together as one item, not […]
