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| What Is
Title Insurance? Protecting
your Investment! When you purchase a home, you purchase several
types of insurance coverage to protect your home and personal property. |
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Title insurance is not as well understood as other types of home insurance, but it is just as important. You are paying to purchase the title to the property - the right to occupy and use the space. That title may be limited by rights and claims asserted by others, which may limit your use and enjoyment of the property. If these rights are not guaranteed, enormous financial loss could ensue.
Other types of insurance that protect your home concern possible future events and charge an annual premium. Title insurance, conversely, protects against loss from hazards and defects that already exist in the title and is purchased with a one-time premium.
| Title Insurance Will Benefit You
in Two Ways. There are two basic kinds of real estate title insurance that can be purchased. |
| • Lender coverage | |
| • Owner's coverage |
Most lenders require mortgagee title insurance as security for their investment in real estate. It enables lenders to make purchase money available, particularly in areas where they know little about the market. Owner's title insurance lasts as long as you have a financial interest in the insured property.
What Does Your Premium Actually Pay For?
An important part of title insurance is its emphasis on risk elimination
before insuring. This gives you the best possible chance for avoiding
title claims and loss. Title insuring begins with a search of public records.
An examination is conducted by a title company to determine whether the
property is insurable. The examination of evidence from a search is intended
to fully report all "material objections" to the title. Frequently,
documents that don't clearly transfer title are found in the "title
chain," or history, that is assembled from the records in a search.
| Here are some examples of documents that can present concerns: |
| • Deeds, wills and
trusts that contain improper wording or incorrect names; • Outstanding mortgages and judgments, or a lien against the property because the seller has not paid his taxes; • Easements that allow construction of a road or utility line; • Pending legal action against the property that could affect a purchaser; • Incorrect notary acknowledgements. |
Through the search and the examination, title problems are disclosed so they can be corrected whenever possible. However, even the most careful preventative work cannot locate all hidden title hazards.
Hidden Title Hazards - Your Last Defense.
In spite of all the expertise and dedication that go into a title search
and examination, hidden hazards can emerge after closing, resulting in
unpleasant and costly surprises. Some examples of hazards include:
| • A forged signature
on the deed, which would mean no transfer of ownership to you; • An unknown heir of a previous owner who is claiming ownership of the property; • Instruments executed under an expired or a fabricated power of attorney; • Mistakes in the public records. |
Title insurance offers financial protection against these and other covered title hazards. The title insurer will pay for defending against an attack on title as insured, and will either perfect the title or pay valid claims.
The Moritz Difference!
Given that real estate transactions involve numerous constantly changing
and complex laws, attorneys are best suited for protecting buyers and
sellers against hidden or unforeseen title problems that can jeopardize
real estate investments. And, because our Attorneys are experts in these
specific state laws and regulations, we know what to look for when it
comes to Title issues giving our clients an extra level of legal protection.
Moritz performs these professional services for
clients all for a one-time fee and the payment of required title insurance
premium at the Real Estate closing.
| Moritz Real Estate Transaction Services include: |
| • Real Estate Closings | |||
• Title Commitment Orders
• Title Guarantees (Litigation / Mortgage) |
To place a Moritz Title Services order online, simply click on the appropriate Button Below and fill out the accompanying form.
To download a PDF of a Moritz Title Insurance Pricing Chart simply click on the appropriate Button Below.
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Click
here to DOWNLOAD a PDF copy of our Purchase Rate Chart for Title Insurance |
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here to DOWNLOAD a PDF copy of our Refinance Rate Chart for Title Insurance |