How to build a strong ethical framework: A guide for real estate agents and mortgage lenders
January 1, 2024

Seller impersonation fraud has always been an industry challenge. The real estate industry is on high alert, as seller impersonation fraud attempts increase across the country. The title industry employs every tool at their disposal to combat fraudsters and protect buyers and sellers from becoming victims of fraud.

Many of the most successful prevention tactics are dependent on in-person verifications and knowledge of and access to the local market. Online lending, however, continues to struggle with rising fraud rates, as fraudsters become more sophisticated in crafting false data and identities to circumvent the system.

The use of cannabis-related products for medical and personal use has become ubiquitous across the United States over the past decade, but conflicting federal and state laws still overshadow the title insurance industry’s ability to underwrite title insurance policies for cannabis-related property transactions.