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In real estate business and law, a title search or property title search is the process of examining public records and retrieving documents on the history of a piece of real property to determine and confirm property's legal ownership, and find out what claims or liens are on the property. [1]
An abstract of title is the condensed history of the title to a particular parcel of real estate, consisting of a summary of the original grant and all subsequent conveyances and encumbrances affecting the property and a certification by the abstractor that the history is complete and accurate.
Commonwealth United Corporation (abbreviated as CUC) was originally a real estate holding company formed in 1961 as the Real Properties Corporation. It changed its name to CUC in 1965. [6] In 1967, CUC acquired TEC. [li 1] Milton T. Raynor moved to California and became vice-president at TEC. Later, Raynor took over ownership. [1]
With an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion, Oprah Winfrey's real estate portfolio is abundant. The Mississippi-born multi-hyphenate has made Montecito, California, her main hub for the past two ...
Key takeaways. Women in the U.S. were not allowed to finance real estate purchases without a husband or male co-signer until the 1970s. More than 60 percent of all Realtors and property managers ...
A house once owned by a popular jazz musician has landed on the real estate market in sunny Palm Springs and is known for its unusual, rocky lure. ... three-bathroom estate has a cozy, yet chic ...
Once an instrument affecting the title to real estate has been recorded, the law holds that everyone is deemed to know of its existence, even if they have not searched the records in the recorder's office. This is the doctrine of "constructive notice" and it is nearly universal in the various states of the U.S. So, for example, after a deed or ...
After graduating from Harvard University, Simon took over the family real estate management and development business. In 1961, with the proceeds from the sale of a family property, Carnegie Hall, Simon purchased 6,750 acres (27 km 2) of land in Fairfax County, Virginia and hired Conklin + Rossant [9] to develop a master plan for the new town of Reston, Virginia, a planned community well known ...