Many reports have revealed numbers below expectations as investors begin to look into what the rest of the year has in store as the economy continues to recover from the COVID pandemic.

First-time home buyers search high and low for real estate closing advice. The real estate closing process generates unfathomable stress, especially for first-time home buyers. Prospective home Buyers await news regarding appraisals, property inspections, and title searches. With so many moving pieces, it is challenging to maintain constant vigilance over the process.

Plymouth Title Guaranty Corporation seeks to mitigate that. Some key pieces of advice (and information) help ease home buyers through their first foray in the world of property ownership.

The economy gained 916,000 jobs in March 2021; revisions added 156,000 more. Strength was seen in the hospitality and construction sectors. The unemployment rate dropped from 6.2% to 6.0%. Average hourly earnings, an indicator of wage growth, fell slightly. They were 4.2% higher than a year ago, down from 5.2% last month. Last week's key employment data revealed that companies are hiring back workers who were let go due to the pandemic even quicker than anticipated. At the end of February, job openings jumped to 7.4 million, well above the consensus forecast. The Department of Labor releases the total number of new claims for unemployment insurance each week; the latest reading was 547,000, the lowest level in over a year.

To most people, the words ‘deed’ and ‘title’ are interchangeable. But there are actually major differences between the two that are important to understand before you start the process of a real estate transaction.

Recent reports have continued to show reasons for positivity related to the economy in job growth and inflation, but many investors continue to worry about the long-term effects leading into the rest of the year.

Real estate transactions can be exciting for all parties involved, but without proper research and protection, you can find yourself on the bad end of a title issue that could challenge your rights as a homeowner. Here are a few of the most common real estate title issues and what you can do to protect yourself or prevent them altogether.

With more information and reports released, we can learn more about how the economy is continuing to move during a hectic start to 2021.

What happens when a property owner cannot pay back their debts or fail to pay taxes? Property liens. Though many have heard of them, few know exactly how they work, how to get rid of them, and even how a smart investor can profit from them.

With constant change and uncertainty surrounding much of 2021 from the ongoing pandemic, potential COVID stimulus, and volatile mortgage rates, the latest reports share their positives and negatives.

In major mortgage industry news to start the new year, one of the country’s largest mortgage companies has officially gone public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after a multibillion-dollar merger.

Most people understand the necessity behind purchasing title insurance, but few know that there are two distinct kinds of title insurance, and even fewer know the differences between them. Owner’s and Lender’s title insurance are similar in nature but cover two different sides of a real estate transaction.

The end of 2020 was an eventful one for the economy and its potential rebound after the pandemic.Vaccinations began to roll out, the holiday season showing positive signs, and the U.S. market continued its growth.

Like many Americans, you have probably wondered if end of year refinancing would result in a better monthly payment, lower interest, and an overall better financial situation for you and your family. However, December might truly be the best time to consider your options and decide if refinancing is the right next step.

The world is in a state of change as the most recent reports are released. Though a lot is still uncertain, there were positive signs for job recovery and in the housing market.

The effects of COVID-19 are being felt across the country and in lots of industries in many different ways. As for housing, this will affect how you buy and sell homes in the immediate future, especially because of the historic impact on mortgage rates.

With a world full of constantly changing factors that make impacts on the market, we have to look for the official numbers to make projections and find insights into the markets. Here are some findings from recent reports across the country.

Despite the fact that the coronavirus pandemic left millions unemployed, destroyed the economy, and saw businesses closing their doors left and right, there have been rising housing prices across the United States. Even though the market dropped in the beginning stages of the pandemic, it made a rapid and relieving recovery, with median home prices hitting a high in July in spite of the impending recession and economic crisis.

Even with all the madness going on, the housing market is historically driven by two factors: demographics and mortgage rates. And regardless of everything that has been going on, neither of these two factors has suffered in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. It might seem counterintuitive given the current state of the world that the cost of homes is increasing, so why do home prices continue to climb?

Economic activity continues to ramp up as the nation further eases COVID restrictions and prepares for the upcoming presidential election. Social unrest, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic continue to remain incredibly important.

Homeowners have tried figuring out the best time for home refinancing for an exceptionally long time. Even before COVID-19, many people needed clarification about the appropriate time to consider refinancing, particularly those who have never owned a home before or are unfamiliar with the refinancing process. The historically low mortgage rates that have come alongside the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic have left multitudes of homeowners itching to take advantage of low rates to refinance their homes. It is easy to understand why. Low interest rates make for low mortgage rates, which is excellent when refinancing. That makes sense, right?

States continue to slowly reopen their economies. Restaurants and retail stores continue to open at impressive rates, albeit with occupancy restrictions and other COVID regulations in place. Schools have begun to reopen, and the economy as a whole is sitting in a much better place than originally anticipated.