BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Title
- a legal term meaning ownership. Deeds to land are sometimes referred to as title deeds. If a person has good title to a property, their proof of ownership is beyond doubt.
Wiktionary Definition for: Title
- A prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification.
- rfd-redundant A right to ownership.
- law A deed or other certificate of ownership.
- The name of a book, film, musical piece, etc.
- The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
- A division of an act of Congress or Parliament (e.g. Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act)
- The act of assigning someone or something a title.
Additional Resources
- Title Searches Go Automated via Title Data Platform Enhancement, Tested and Proven by Stewart Title of Houston
- HOUSTON -- Houston-area title companies and attorneys - and their home-seller and buyer customers - will benefit from a new feature offering automated title searches online. The TIMS[R] title plant and production platform was developed by Houston-based Title Data Inc., one of the largest title plant maintainers in the...
- Research articles 2006-12-18
- What's in a Title Search?
- A title search is a means of determining that the person who is selling the property really has the right to sell it, and that the buyer is getting all the rights to the property title that he or she is paying for. The search process can be undertaken by...
- White papers
- Stewart National Title Services Creates a New Multinational Title Services Unit and Adds Two Veteran International Business Development Professionals
- HOUSTON -- Stewart National Title Services, a division of Stewart Title Guaranty Company, announced today the addition of two of the title industry's most experienced international business development professionals, Mitch Creekmore and David Wiesley, and the formation of a new title services unit, the Multinational Title Services Group, that will...
- Research articles 2008-11-24
- Title Insurance Protects Your Financial Investment
- There are two types of title insurance: lender policy and the owner's title insurance. Most lenders require a loan policy when they issue a loan to protect their interest should a problem arise. The policy amount decreases each year and eventually disappears once the loan is paid off. Therefore the...
- White papers 2005-05-09
- Understanding Title Insurance
- Title to a property is a record detailing the owners of the property and rights associated with the ownership. Title typically shows a progression of ownership from the first owner to the current one. Title is a fairly simple concept, but when it goes wrong it is a nightmare. That...
- White papers 2005-08-22
- NEW OWNERS TO EXPAND NATIONAL LAND TITLE.
- Stewart Information Services Corp., a publicly traded real estate title insurance provider, plans to expand National Land Title Insurance Co. of Cleveland nationwide after recently acquiring it. National Land Title has more than 100 agents providin Stewart Information Services Corp., a publicly traded real...
- Research articles 1999-04-26
- Choice Homes Forms First Subsidiary, Announces an Alliance With Alamo Title, Fidelity National Title, Parent FNF
- Steve Wall, President and CEO of Choice Homes, has announced the formation of Choice Homes' first subsidiary, CHI Title Group, LP, and an agreement with Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Alamo Title Company whereby Alamo and Fidelity will close transactions sent to them by CHI Title Group in a...
- Research articles 2004-11-04
- Title Ins. Corp. Buys Colorado Agency.(Brief Article)
- Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Va., has acquired the assets of Title Services, Inc., based in Englewood, Colo. Title Services, Inc., a rapidly growing company in Co Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of LandAmerica...
- Research articles 2000-05-08
- Area title agency changes name
- Northwest Title Agency of Ohio and Michigan, Inc. has officially changed its name to Chicago Title for all six of its offices. For nearly 25 years, Northwest Title Agency has been the exclusive Chicago Title provider in the Toledo market, also serving Monroe, Michigan. and is a wholly owned subsidiary...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Fidelity forms New Title information company
- FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC., IRVINE, California, has launched a new company, Property Insight, Santa Barbara, California. Property Insight was formed to improve the speed and efficiency of real property title insurance underwriting by creating a nationwide capability for standardizing and automating title research. The new company combines all the automated...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- Fitch Affirms Old Republic Title Group's 'AA-' IFS Ratings
- NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'AA-' insurer financial strength ratings of the Old Republic Title Group ORT, which consists of the following title insurance companies: Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., Old Republic General Title Insurance Corp., Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co. and American Guaranty Title Insurance Co....
- Research articles 2005-05-16
- Home Buying 101: What's Title Insurance, and Do I Need It?
- A title is a written document that shows ownership of property. It includes the signatures of current owners and a legal description of the property. A title is also known as a deed. Before one closes on a new home, a title examiner will conduct a title search. This is...
- White papers 2006-01-27
- About the Title to Your Condominium Home
- Title insurance policies are an accepted form of protection for buyers of real estate, providing assurance that the buyer is receiving good title. Such a policy insures the rights of an owner, and makes certain that the owner will be able to convey good title when the time comes to...
- White papers
- Fidelity National to acquire Chicago Title for 13.0 times earnings
- The Deal: Fidelity National Financial Inc. has agreed to acquire its larger rival Chicago Title Corp. for $1.2 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition will create the largest U.S. title-insurance company. The combination is expected to increase earnings between 8% and 12% and reduce costs by $65 million within...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- WCI's First Fidelity Title Renamed as WCI Title
- BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. -- As part of the integration of its real estate brokerage, mortgage banking and title insurance agency business units, WCI Communities, Inc. (NYSE:WCI) has renamed First Fidelity Title as WCI Title. WCI Title is part of the company's Real Estate Services division, which includes WCI Mortgage...
- Research articles 2005-09-22
- Irvine, Calif.-Based Title Insurance Company Launches Automated Business Unit.
- By Maria Zate, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 9--SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--Fidelity National Financial Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a new company called Property Insight, which will combine all of the automated operations from four of its title...
- Research articles 2002-01-09
- ServiceLink Adds Title Industry Veteran Dave Steinmetz as Senior Vice President of Default Title
- Extensive industry expertise added to Default Title and Close PITTSBURGH -- ServiceLink, a leading provider of origination and default services and the national mortgage services platform of Fidelity National Financial (NYSE:FNF), announced the appointment of Dave Steinmetz, senior vice president of default title. In his role, Steinmetz will be...
- Research articles 2008-02-26
- Halpin Appointed President and CEO of Stewart Title of Wisconsin
- HOUSTON -- Mike Halpin, a divisional vice president for Stewart Title of Wisconsin Inc., has been named its president and chief executive officer. Former Stewart Title of Wisconsin president and CEO David Silberman will continue to lead as Wisconsin state manager and counsel for the underwriter, Stewart Title Guaranty...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- New England Land Title Association Adopts American Land Title Association's 'Principles of Fair Conduct'
- WASHINGTON -- The New England Land Title Association, representing title companies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, announced its official adoption of the American Land Title Association's ALTA Principles of Fair Conduct. These six states join twenty-nine other states in adopting the Principles, totaling over half...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- Anderson Acquires Larger Stake in Citizen's Title
- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 1, 1999-- Anderson Computers/Tidalwave (Pink Sheets:ACPT) announced today that the Company has acquired an additional 5.1% of Citizen's Title Services, Inc. The increased position now brings Anderson's ownership position to ten percent of Citizen's Title Services, Inc. Citizen's Title Services is a fully automated...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
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