Do you remember where you were on September 15, 2008, the day that Lehman failed unleashing the unintended consequences of a global financial crisis that began to foment and then snowball? Consequential events may not always appear to be so, and as Lehman Brothers was allowed to go under most of us may not have […]
Update: Mortgage Rates Jump to 7-Year Highs May 15 2018, 4:02PM Mortgage rates spiked in a big way today, bringing some lenders to the highest levels in nearly 7 years (you’d need to go back to July 2011 to see worse). That heavy-hitting headline is largely due to the fact that rates were already fairly close […]
This headline from an article at The Real Deal describes the situation that title closers, and by extension real estate attorney’s and title companies, in New York began facing as of yesterday, December 18, 2017! This is the day that the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS) Regulation 208 officially went into effect […]
On March 15th Hallmark Abstract Service President Michael Haltman had the opportunity to appear as a guest on nationally syndicated ‘The Debbie Nigro Show‘ with renowned host Debbie Nigro! Having been graciously offered the opportunity by Debbie, the purpose of Michael’s appearance was to raise awareness of the Heroes To Heroes Foundation and the 2017 […]
