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Scott Catanzarite has been a Branch Manager at Metropolitan Title Company for the past 5 years. When he's not delighting Hoosiers with the best home-buying process in the state, Scott has a passion for helping people in need. This week, Scott is taking part in South...

The FBI says that criminals are becoming better at committing malicious wire fraud schemes and that the frequency of these cyberattacks is on the rise. Fraudsters have also become more sophisticated: emails with proper grammar and email signatures as well as non-email...

TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure, or TRID, is a 2015 rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which was designed to replace HUD-1 and Good Faith Estimate disclosures. It is a combination of two acts: the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate...

The world of homebuying is not an easy one with all the vernacular to learn and potential landmines that one is sure to encounter. How can homebuyers make the best financial decisions for themselves if they don't know what they're agreeing to in the process? It can be...

What is Real Estate Escrow? Escrow, in real estate, comes down to your house and your money being in limbo. Essentially, a third party holds and regulates payment of the funds required for two parties involved in a given transaction. It helps make transactions more...

Good funds laws are meant to ensure that money funding real estate purchases and refinancing transactions is secure for disbursement at the time of closing. This protects all parties from finding they have unfunded mortgages at closing. Good funds laws came into being...