Title insurers face growing scrutiny (Reg Req’d)
When Rae Ann Dankovic bought a sprawling town house in the Des Moines suburb of Ankeny early in June, she paid $624 for Iowa’s equivalent of title insurance.
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Mortgage rates up slightly before Fed Board meets (Detroit Free Press) Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for the first time in five weeks as investors awaited word from next week's meeting of the Federal Reserve on the future direction of mortgage
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