A chain of title is the history of a property, listing all the successive owners of a home. This information is revealed through a real estate records search, and specifies who built a home, who first ...

A new opinion from the Maryland Court of Appeals limits the amount of time homeowners have to challenge chain of title defects when dealing with a foreclosure. The ruling essentially prohibits ...

Q: We are selling my aunt’s home and were told that the buyer’s mortgage company asked to review a chain of title. Not sure what that is? A: A chain of title is the recorded history of matters which ...

Title insurance is boring, but Allied Title & Escrow is here to decode the jargon and make it (somewhat) more interesting. This biweekly feature will explore the mundane (but very necessary!) world of ...