by Jennifer Ferri | Jun 18, 2020 | Title and Closing, Title Insurance
At some point during the process of closing on your new home, you’ll receive a stack of papers from your real estate title company. They’ll tell you it’s your title commitment, but here’s the question: do you know what that is and why you’ve received it? A title...
by Jennifer Ferri | May 28, 2020 | Selling, Title and Closing
Once you’ve accepted the buyer’s offer or negotiated a deal acceptable to all parties, you can expect to spend about 6-8 weeks working to get to the closing table. Fortunately you won’t have to do all of the work by yourself, but you’ll need to spend time completing...
by Jennifer Ferri | May 14, 2020 | Title and Closing, Title Insurance
When you purchase a new home in Fort Myers or Cape Coral, your title company will give you the option to purchase title insurance. While it’s tempting to say ‘nah, I’m good’ and simply close on the house without a second thought, you should first consider what you’re...
by Jennifer Ferri | Apr 23, 2020 | Cape Coral Happenings, Fort Myers happenings, Title and Closing
The ever-shifting status of the COVID-19 pandemic has made navigating the world of business into a nearly endless string of questions: “What businesses are still open?” “What services are considered essential?” “What essential services should I leave my house for?”...
by Jennifer Ferri | Apr 9, 2020 | Buying, Cape Coral Happenings, Fort Myers happenings, Selling, Title and Closing
With the current state of the world, and the United States in particular, social distancing has made it necessary to get creative with the way we do business in the real estate sector. People are being encouraged to stay home to help avoid spreading COVID-19, so where...
by Jennifer Ferri | Feb 6, 2020 | Selecting, Title and Closing
In a previous blog post, we discussed an incident where a title agent was operating with an expired license. Which, on a good day, could be chalked up to negligence—not necessarily a quality you’d want in an agent who is handling critical files pertaining to the sale...
