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The mission of the Housing Group of committees revolves around the single most important investment for most consumers - their home. The purpose of the Group and committee websites is to provide practitioners with information about specific types of residential housing and related consumer information. Each committee focuses on a unique aspect of the residential housing market, from single family to multi-family properties, from affordable housing to specialized housing for the elderly. Through the work of each committee and its members, this Group hopes to present a forum for cutting edge discourse about this most important segment of our national economy. Please join us!
Publications:
A Beginner's Guide to the Commitment for Owner's Title Insurance
By Jack S. Levey
A client is buying an office building, a shopping center or other rental property. Its counsel just received a title insurance commitment. That lawyer has handled a few closings for single-family houses, but this is the lawyer's first commercial real estate deal. What to do now? Before reviewing the commitment and negotiating any necessary changes, counsel must understand the purpose of the commitment and the built-in exceptions to title coverage.
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