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Common Misconceptions
About Title Insurance
Buying a new home is one of life’s most gratifying
experiences. Making sure your right to own the
property is protected can be just as rewarding.
During the process of purchasing your dream home,
you’ll hear two words you’ve probably never given
much thought – title insurance.
As with the rest of the home buying process,
title insurance can be difficult to comprehend. To
complicate matters, the topic is often surrounded
by misconceptions that keep home buyers from
recognizing its importance. To help you get a better
understanding of what title insurance is and how
it protects your property rights, let’s analyze eight
common misconceptions:
Title Insurance offers only
minimal protection.
When you purchase a home, you receive
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accuracy. Old Republic Title strongly recommends consumers confer with their title insurer as underwriting requirements vary among companies and further, obtain guidance
and advice from qualified professionals, including attorneys specializing in Real Property, Trusts and/or Title Insurance to get more detailed, and current, information as to any
“title” to the property. Title is your legal right to own
it. Early in the home buying process, a title search
is conducted to review the history of the property
and uncover any issues that could limit your right to
ownership. Even after the most meticulous search of
public records, there can be hidden title defects, such
as tax liens, forged signatures, claims by ex-spouses
and recording errors. These title defects can remain
undiscovered for months or even years after you
purchase the home.
There is only one type
of title insurance.
There are two types of title insurance
policies: an owner’s policy and a loan policy. An
owner’s policy protects you, the property owner,
against loss or damage in the event there is a
covered title defect in your right of ownership to
the property. If you’re obtaining a mortgage loan to
purchase your home, a mortgage lender will likely
require that you purchase a loan policy, also known
as a lender’s policy. This type of policy protects the
lender’s interest in the property until the mortgage
loan is paid in full. The loan policy provides no
coverage to the homeowner.
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