FEA Updates

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April 10, 2024

Exchange Budget Proposal

Dear Chairmen Smith and Wyden and Ranking Members Neal and Crapo: We write to express our strong support for preserving the like-kind exchange rules under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031.…

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January 2024

Seller Impersonation Fraud

Fraudsters are impersonating property owners to illegally sell commercial or residential property. Sophisticated fraudsters are using the real property owner’s Social Security and driver’s license numbers in the transaction, as…

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May 23, 2024

ALTA Recommends Changes to Property Tax Foreclosure Laws

Across the nation, homeowners are losing their homes and the equity they’ve built in them due to unpaid property tax debts, and older adults, those on a low or fixed…

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May 30, 2024

ALTA Responds to CFPB’s Request for Information on Closing Costs

ALTA responded to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s public inquiry into mortgage closing costs by explaining the services provided by title professionals and the ongoing protection of a title insurance policy…

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May 30, 2024

AI In the Title Industry

Siri, text Jan. Alexa, turn on the lights.  Google, who played 3rd base for the Atlanta Braves in 1972?

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May 23, 2024

ALTA Commends Leadership of House Democrats Questioning Administration’s Title Waiver Program

The American Land Title Association (ALTA), the national trade association of the land title insurance industry, commends the group of 18 Democratic Members of Congress—led by Rep. Wiley Nickel (D-NC)—who wrote a…

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May 23, 2024

Title Insurance Premium Volume Decreased 31% in 2023, ALTA Reports

As mortgage originations contracted last year, so did title insurance premium volume. According to the American Land Title Association’s (ALTA’s) Market Share Analysis, the title insurance industry generated $15.1 billion in…

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May 23, 2024

ALTA Recommends Changes to Property Tax Foreclosure Laws

Across the nation, homeowners are losing their homes and the equity they’ve built in them due to unpaid property tax debts, and older adults, those on a low or fixed…

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April 23, 2024

Tax relief in disaster situations

Find information on the most recent tax relief provisions for taxpayers affected by disaster situations. See FAQs for disaster victims for information about the definition of an affected taxpayer.

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January 3, 2024

Industry Updates, from USA Today

The pandemic-era sub-5% mortgage interest rates that 85% of mortgage holders are locked in to kept homeowners from selling their home and buying another at elevated interest rates, which peaked…

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