A bill signed into law on July 9 has introduced the “Missouri Residential Sale Leaseback Protection Act” and the “Uniform Mortgage Modification Act,” which amend several sections of state law relating to real estate transactions, penalty provisions and severability clauses.

The American Land Title Association has opened a public comment period on proposed revisions to its best practices framework, marking the next step in the development of a resource it refers to as Best Practices 5.0.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund is warning the public to be aware of fraudulent social media profiles, email accounts, text messages and phone numbers that attempt to impersonate or otherwise associate themselves with the CDFI Fund.

More validated data is needed to confirm who exactly is involved in real estate closing transactions, as suggested by new findings in FundingShield’s Q2 2026 Fraud Analytics Report. In the second quarter, discrepancies related to closing package letters reached 47.45 percent of letters, the report noted.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s office reached a $45 million settlement with Block, Inc., the operator of Cash App. The company had allegedly failed to adequately protect users against fraud and misled consumers about the app’s safety.

We caught up with Ashley Cook of Zoccam and Sheri Olsen of First American Trust, FSB, in advance of their October Research, LLC webinar titled “Next-Level Leadership: Mentoring the Next Generation of Women.”

During the probate process of an estate sale, an unsatisfied existing mortgage on the property was discovered, and the selling party was found to have failed to disclose knowledge of the pre-existing mortgage. The ensuing dispute was heard in federal court.

The Texas Department of Insurance, in cooperation with Gov. Greg Abbot’s Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, is seeking stakeholder comments as part of its current regulatory efficiency review. Reforms to title insurance rules are expected to comprise part of the review.

After years as an embedded insurance fraud prosecutor for the Texas Department of Insurance in Dallas County, Patrick Cryer is beginning a new chapter in Austin as the department’s chief prosecutor and fraud counsel.