by grsgrouptest | May 15, 2012 | Title Services
In Schedule A of both the ALTA Owner’s Policy and the ALTA Loan Policy, the first paragraph deals with identifying the Insured. For the Owner’s Policy, the Insured will be the Grantee named in the conveyance, usually a conveyance by deed. In the Loan Policy, the...
by grsgrouptest | May 8, 2012 | Blog
Building permits in Manhattan have increased 169% in the first four months of 2012, according to the New York City buildings department. So far, 35 new permits have been issued for construction of hotels, apartment buildings, an “affordable housing” development and...
by grsgrouptest | May 3, 2012 | Blog
Transit-Oriented Development or “TOD” is a growing trend in mixed-use developments that combines residential housing with retail, hotels and other businesses, all located adjacent to or near a public transport station. Generally, transit-oriented development has...
by grsgrouptest | May 1, 2012 | Title Services
In one of my earlier blogs, I discussed the different parts of the title insurance policy. One of the parts of every title insurance policy is the part dealing with Exclusions from coverage. In that blog, I said this about the Exclusions: “The policy Exclusions...
by grsgrouptest | Apr 27, 2012 | Blog
Due diligence consultants are regularly asked to conclude a single right answer in a world dominated by variables. Appraisals, for example, provide an estimated value which, in combination with other variables, determines the amount of money lenders are willing to...
