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OAITA White Paper Helps Explain Organizational Goals
Ohio Federal District Court Rules CBA Dividend May Be Prohibited "Thing of Value"
Ohio Federal District Court Rules HUD Policy Statement is Unconstitutional
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court; Allows RESPA Class Certification Against First American
Erin Toll Resigns From CO Real Estate Post; Becomes Casualty of Fight Against Illegal CBAs
HUD Seeks Public Comment on "Required Use" Definition for CBAs
ODI Moves for Summary Judgment; OAITA Responds
Ohio Senate Votes to Ban Private Transfer Fee Covenants
The OAITA Convention
The Parallels of Deepwater Horizon to the Title Insurance Industry
First American Responds to Bank of America; Admits Not Performing Title Searches
OAITA Files Motion for Summary Judgment in ODI Declaratory Judgment Action
OAITA Responds to Proposed Amended Escrow Account Review Rule OAC 3901-7-01
NAILTA Conference Set for Monday, April 12, 2010 in Atlantic City, NJ
OAITA Convention: Monday, April 19, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio
Pending Home Sales Up Over 8% in February, 2010
OAITA Supports Effort to Prohibit Private Transfer Fee Covenants in Ohio
Bank of America Sues First American for $500 Million Dollars; Alleges Failure to Pay or Acknowledge Claims
Construction of New Homes Fell 5.9% in February, 2010; Blame the Weather
Ostrich-Style Advocacy for Independent Title Agents
HUD Gives Realtors Place to Park "Alleged" Junk Fees
New Home Sales Fell 11% in January, 2010
Health Insurers Soon Could Lose Anti-Trust Exemption; What About Title Insurance?
The Foreclosure Problem
WKYC in Cleveland Investigates Realtor Administrative Fees
Federal Judge Refuses to Dismiss RICO Claims Against Title Insurers
New Mexico Attorney General Seeks Title Insurance Rate Reduction
Here Comes the Truth: Government Begins to Wean Housing Market
Short Sales May Not Be Housing Market Panacea
NAILTA Permitted by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to File Amicus
Creation of Consumer Protection Agency Now in Doubt
Don't Be Optimistic on Consumer Protection Regulation for the Insurance Industry
Pending Home Sales Index Falls Sharply in November
Housing Sales Up Again in November
Pending Home Sales Return to Pre-Bubble Bust Levels
Commercial Real Estate Defaults on the Rise
U.S. Treasury to Increase Pressure for Loan Modifications
Does FHA stand for "Fails to Hold Assets"?
Homebuyer Tax Credit Act Passes the Senate
Passage for Homebuyer Tax Credit Act Remains Likely
NAILTA Mini-Conference Scheduled for November 14, 2009
House Committee Votes to End Insurance Anti-Trust Exemption
IRS Investigating Fraud in Homebuyer Tax Credit Plan
Mortgage Bankers Association: Home Sales Will Rise 11% in 2010
Could Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit Fail?
ALTA References Plight of Independent Title Agents in Speech to Congress
ALTA: "Independent Title Agents Don't Exist"
Title Insurance: Can we redirect its future?
Homebuyer Tax Credit Act of 2009: Finally Something We Can Agree On
ODI Withdraws Amended Escrow Account Rule Citing "Technical Problems"
ALTA to Begin Charging License Fees to Use Policy Forms
Consumer Effect
Two Weeks Off: All Problems Solved?
What Does It Mean to Be an "Independent" Title Agent?
ALTA Responds to Wall Street Journal Article on Title Insurance
ODI Sets Public Hearing on Escrow Account Review Rule
Housing Market Could Be Stabilizing
OAITA Comments on ODI Escrow Review Rule, OAC 3901-7-01
PA Attorney General: "AfBAs Should Be Made Unlawful"
Wall Street Journal: Are Homebuyers Paying Too Much for Title Insurance?
ODI Proposes to Amend Escrow Account Review Rule
David Stevens Confirmed as FHA Commissioner
The ODI Inducements Rule Epilogue
U.S. Supreme Court: Banks Subject to State Consumer Protection Laws
Will the Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Help or Hurt Title Agents?
Maryland Public Hearing on Title Insurance
Will Texas Raise Title Insurance Rates?
Old Republic & Attorneys Title Fund Join Forces
ODI Withdraws Inducements Rule
HUD Secretary Donovan Live Chat
PA Hearing on Title Insurance Rates: Regulating a Contradiction
ODI Holds Public Hearing on Inducements Rule; OAITA Members Speak Out
Could FHA Commissioner-Nominee's CBA Past Derail Appointment?
NAILTA's First Annual Conference: An Observer's Thoughts
OAITA Asks HUD to Suspend Implementation of RESPA Rule
Memo to Christine Varney: You Should Start with the Title Insurance Industry
ODI Inducements Rule Public Hearing: May 26, 2009 in Columbus, Ohio
Stewart Title Reports 1Q 2009 Earnings
First American Announces 1Q 2009 Earnings
OAITA Files New Lawsuit Seeking Declaratory Judgment
A New Wrinkle on CBAs: RICO Claims?
Fidelity Reports 1Q 2009 Results
Old Republic Announces 1Q 2009 Results
Come Join Us at OAITA's Annual Meeting: May 11, 2009
Ohio Needs a Separate Title Insurance Division at the ODI
NAILTA Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Ninth Circuit RESPA Appeal
Apocalypse Now? Fidelity National on the Verge of Banking
Chicago Title and Fidelity National Caught in Overcharge Net
RESPRO and OAR Weigh In on Ohio Inducements Rule
PA Attorney General: "PA Title Premiums are Too High"
FDIC to Extend Guarantees to Ohio IOTA Accounts
Fed's Move Expected to Boost Refi Activity
OAITA Blog Clears 4,000+ Hits Since October '08
D.C. Update on Housing Plans
Ohio HB 1 Proposes to Modify Title Agent IOTA Accounts
Fidelity and First American Set to Increase Rates
Welcome to 1997?
OAITA Opposes ODI's Draft Inducements Rule
ODI Restarts Effort to Define Title Insurance Inducements
The Big Four 4Q 2008 Losses = $354M
OAITA to Expand Membership
The Unavoidable Merger: Banking and Real Estate?
The $19B Housing Stimulus: Will it Work?
Kansas Bill Would Eliminate CBA Caps
Ohio Supreme Court Dismisses Petition
U.S. Sixth Circuit Reverses on Major CBA Class Action
ALTA vs. HUD re: RESPA Sec. 9 = Pot vs. Kettle re: Color
CAARE Releases Survey Results on CBAs
It's Official: We Can Call Them The Big Four
NAR's Four-Point Plan
NAILTA Begins Web Presence; Seeks Applications
No Compromise Reached in Columbus
The NAR Members Form Their Own Credit Union; Is Banking Next?
LandAmerica Files Chapter 11; Fidelity Buys Lawyers & Commonwealth Brands
Fidelity & LandAmerica Deal Goes Terminal; LFG Stock Price Plummets
One-Stop Shopping: How Far Should It Go?
OAITA Returns to Print
The Pro-CBA Forces Break Out the Claws!
The National Association of Independent Land Title Agents
Ohio Supreme Court Orders Mediation in Mandamus Action
LandAmerica Posts $600M Loss in 3Q 2008
Projected Overflow at the National Convention
And Then There Were Four National Underwriters.
What if...?
Quick Hits Regarding Upcoming Meetings
The OLTA Epilogue
OLTA Trustees Vote to Withhold Support for OAITA
National Convention Details Set
Is Perception the Reality?
Since When Did Helping an Independent Title Agent Become Taboo?
OAITA in the News and in the Break Room.
National Independent Title Agent Association Moves Forward.
OAITA Files Lawsuit Against Ohio Department of Insurance
The RESPRO Myth
National Convention to Convene in Ohio on October 6, 2008
Why Independent Title Agents Matter
OAITA Preparing to Mobilize National Effort
Home Sales Continue Decline in Ohio
OAITA Annual Meeting + RESPA Section 8 Seminar: September 8, 2008
OAITA Opposes ODI Draft Proposed Rules 3901-7-05 & 3901-7-06
Surveyors Oppose Ohio Proposed Rule 3901-7-05
Good News, Bad News
Ohio Department of Insurance Proposes New Draft Rules on Inducements and Surveys
California Seeks to Make AfBAs More "Competitive"
National Association of Realtors Tops PAC List
Cuyahoga County Map Department Updates
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Surr-prise, surr-prise! IndyMac Bank Goes Bust
Cue the Government Bailout
AfBA Class Action in MD is Certified
Latest Ohio Foreclosure News
The Birth of Reform

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