by Lauren Jackson | Mar 19, 2024 | Attorney, buying a home, Lawyer, owner's title policy, Real Estate, real estate closing, Real Estate Inspection, selling a home
Your dreams have come true and you just purchased a home. Everything was great until you moved in. After the first rainfall, your basement floods, or your roof leaks and your home has sustained water damage. You suspect that this is not the first time this house has...
by Lauren Jackson | Jan 25, 2024 | Attorney, buying a home, Lawyer, Mechanic Lien, mortgage, owner's title policy, Real Estate, selling a home
If you make your living in real estate, an instrument you should know is the mechanic lien. Also known as a construction lien or a contractor’s lien, a mechanic lien is a legal claim that a contractor or other construction professional (carpenter, architect, plumber,...
by Lauren Jackson | Dec 27, 2023 | Attorney, buying a home, Elgin, Lawyer, lender's title policy, owner's title policy, Real Estate, real estate closing, selling a home, St. Charles
Two common questions we get from our selling real estate clients are: how do we get our money and when do we get our money? In northern Illinois, we use title insurance companies to handle the disbursement of monies in real estate transactions. By using a title...
by Lauren Jackson | Jul 5, 2023 | Attorney, Deed, owner's title policy, Quit claim deed, Real Estate, St. Charles
To remove a person from the title of a house while keeping the ownership of the property intact, you will have to go through a legal process and almost certainly hire a real estate lawyer. Whether the person you want to be removed is alive or deceased will have an...
by Lauren Jackson | Apr 19, 2016 | buying a home, lender's title policy, owner's title policy, Real Estate, real estate closing, selling a home
As we sit down on closing day to go through all of your real estate documents, you will notice on your closing statement that you are being charged for one of two different types of title insurance. Depending on whether you are the seller or the buyer you will be...
