Eminent domain actions aren't without financial risk to governments.  One Florida agency has found this out the hard way.

RealtyTrac today released data which showed the smallest year-over-year increase in foreclosure activity since January 2006.

Former title agent Anthony Capuozzo, 39, of Concord Township, Ohio, has pled guilty to conspiracy charges in connection with his role in a large northeast Ohio mortgage fraud ring that allegedly defrauded lenders out of millions, according the the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Micah John Beaumia, 30, of Alexandria Minnesota, has been sentenced to three yeas in prison for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme.  Beaumia had been convicted on one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering last year.

In a statement released earlier this week, the newly formed New York Taxpayers for Economic Justice, Inc. fleshed out its case against pending title insurance legislation in New York.

The American Land Title Association has launched its latest member benefit program, The Member Conferencing Program from InterCall.

As legislators respond to concerns about global warming, scientists and engineers have been working on ways to keep carbon emissions out of the atmosphere.  One method to reduce emissions is to bury carbon dioxide emissions underground.  But do property owners have any say in the matter?