With the very high number of foreclosures, there are a lot of good deal to be had by investors looking to make a quick profit from flipping a home.  However, if the buyer is using FHA financing, the investor had to hold the property for at least 90 days before he could flip it.  That has changed with a new announcement from HUD.

Two Colorado-based title companies purchased by Fidelity National Financial in 2008 will be merged into its Fidelity National Title subsidiary, the company said in a statement Monday.

If the allegations made by Allen County Indiana prosecutors are true, former Indiana University basketballer Todd Leary has a lot of explaining to do regarding his role in the disappearance of over $2.7 million in funds that was supposed to be used to pay off the mortgages of 15 Fort Wayne Indiana homebuyers and refinancers.

Amid important legal cases involving Notaries, and with liability and compliance issues becoming a major concern for businesses and governments, the National Notary Association has published a much-anticipated revision of its Model Notary Act — the landmark model that, for 40 years, has grown in importance as a guide for lawmakers to improve standards of care for Notaries.

One striking indicator of the mortgage industry’s change of focus may be that the accurate valuation of distressed properties will be a critical path to success for many in 2010 and beyond.

Todd C. Leary, a former Indiana University basketball player who played on a team that advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 1992, was arrested and booked into a Fort Wayne, Indiana jail Thursday night on charges that he was involved in a scheme to misappropriate over a million dollars of funds that were supposed to be held in escrow.

A recent article on Source of Title, Abstractors Should Be Watching New Legislation Regulating the Appraisal Industry, examined the appraisers accomplishments in seeking protections from the practices of appraisal management companies (AMC) at the federal level.  But some aren't waiting for federal legislation.  The Colorado senate has introduced a bill that would protect appraisers' rights to prompt payment and full disclosure of the fees charged by middlemen, among other protections.