When a home is purchased, title insurance is one of the closing cost items on the closing statement. This insurance protects the buyer from defects in the title that are not discovered until after the closing. There are two kinds of title insurance--coverage that protects the lender for the balance of the mortgage if the buyers have a loan, and coverage that protects the buyers' equity in the property.
It is prudent to purchase owners' coverage because most of the title problems that arise after a closing are not from a sloppy title search, but are the result of inaccurate information in the public records. The ownership chain goes back a long way, and fraud or misrepresentation anywhere in the chain could mean big problems. Title insurance will protect you if a wife or husband did not properly sign off on the ownership papers or if the property was sold as part of an estate that was later disputed. Most people do not have to deal with the title insurance company after the closing, but this coverage could save your investment if a problem arises.
Eric Lowry Keller Williams Realty Associate Partners 7395 Kingsgate Way West Chester, Ohio 45069 Phone #: 513-874-1830 Fax #: 513-842-8684 Email: Eric@LowryTeam.com
"Providing Personal, Professional Real Estate Service" Eric is a full-time real estate professional specializing in the sale of existing and new construction homes in the Cincinnati, West Chester, Beckett Ridge and Liberty Township, Ohio areas. Eric is also very experienced in working with relocating clients searching for a home in West Chester, Mason & Liberty Township and in working with their relocation companies. In today's real estate market "Experience Counts"!
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