A quitclaim deed transfers property without guaranteeing ownership, making it useful for family or trust transfers but risky for recipients. Learn when it's safe.

Explore how a Deed of Trust works in real estate transactions, its benefits over mortgages, the role of trustees, and foreclosure processes in states using trust deeds.

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Deed fraud and identity theft often go hand-in-hand, so it’s important to guard your Social Security number, identification ...

(WHTM) — Deed fraud is on the rise across the nation, and there have been cases in Pennsylvania. Recently, the Cumberland County Recorder of Deeds was notified of possible deed fraud after a document ...

Starting Sept. 1, two new Texas laws—Senate Bills 1734 and 693—will take aim at reversing loopholes in the state’s property laws that have allowed bad actors to steal ownership of homes with alarming ...