BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Boca Raton real estate broker almost lost $200,000 in a fake property deed scam involving vacant land in Deerfield Beach. It happened Sept. 10. That's when Marshall Sklar, a real ...

When it comes to real estate, “deed” and “title” are often used interchangeably. But they actually refer to two very different things. Understanding the distinction isn’t just helpful, it’s essential.

Simplify your mortgage journey with a trusted lender. When someone buys or sells a home, the purchase and transfer of the property is always facilitated by a real estate deed — a written document that ...

Cybercriminals are filing forged property deeds at a growing rate in Travis County, effectively transferring homeownership to themselves and leaving victims in legal turmoil, the Austin ...

Q: In September 2017, you wrote an article about how "title insurers don't deal with mobile-home issues" in our local paper. This is exactly our situation. We have contacted the motor vehicle ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Have you read the deed to your house? It may contain language meant to prevent people of color from buying and occupying land. It's called a racial covenant. "They stipulated that ...

Racist and offensive language can still be found in many residential deeds throughout Delaware prohibiting certain people from owning property, even though it's been illegal since the Fair Housing Act ...

CONCORD — Attorney General John Formella urges real estate owners to be diligent amid reports of quit claim deed fraud in New Hampshire. Deed fraud occurs when scammers forge documents in order to ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...