The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in April about an unprecedented increase in quitclaim deed fraud. A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ...

A new system in Montgomery County could prevent your home from being stolen via quit claim deed fraud. A new prevention ...

As complaints of home theft through fraudulent deed transfers increase nationally, changes to how paperwork is processed for property transfers and other security measures are helping to prevent deed ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — When a Central Florida man died of cancer this year, his family learned his house had been transferred out from under him through a scam that could happen to anyone. His daughter says ...

(NewsNation) — Unsuspecting homeowners are discovering their properties have been sold out from under them in a scam that authorities say is becoming more common: Quitclaim deed fraud. The scheme, ...

Quit using quitclaim deeds. These little gems are the bane of title insurance companies and lawyers everywhere. A quitclaim deed is a document where the grantor uses words such as “remise, release and ...

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Question: I have a friend who couldn’t afford her house anymore and I couldn’t get financing on a house due to terrible credit so I told her I would take over her mortgage payments (she moved into an ...

Q: My mother signed her house over to my three sisters and me in a quitclaim deed. We are selling the house. One of my sisters is in assisted living. She gets help from the county and cannot receive ...

Q: My wife and I, along with my brother and his wife, bought a vacation home in 2010. Each couple took half. The home is in California, and the four of us are Canadian. The title for the home in ...

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