TitleBytes News & Happenings
Think Spring, Better Yet – Summer!
Feb 5, 2018
The Michigan Land Title Association will be hosting their 2018 Convention on July 15-17 at the Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island. If you have not attended this event in the past, it is a must do. Our event is filled with impressive speakers, topics and of course networking, not to mention an idyllic setting! […]
Lansing Report
Feb 5, 2018
By Cami Pendell MLTA’s Marketable Title Legislation has Committee Hearing Prior to the Legislature’s winter break, SB 671 (Jones) was introduced and referred to the Senate Local Government Committee. SB 671 is MLTA’s legislation which helps to clarify and strengthen the Marketable Title Act. Currently, the Marketable Title Act does not specifically define what kind […]
The Second Annual ALTA ONE Conference – a Report
Dec 8, 2017
By Tom Lico and John Bommarito In the opening session of the ALTA One conference this past October in Miami, Florida – Michelle Korsmo, ALTA’s CEO, revealed the Association’s Our Values initiative. Beginning with a Roy Disney quote, “It’s not hard to make decisions, when you know what your values are,” Michelle outlined the three […]
Young Title Professionals
Dec 8, 2017
The Young Title Professionals committee of the Michigan Land Title Association is an ad hoc committee that is open to those in the title business who are either 40ish years old and younger; or have been in the title industry seven years or less. The Young Title Professional committee is a group of passionate, young-ish […]
ABSTRACTIONS
Dec 8, 2017
By Allan Dick, WFG National Title Doing my best impersonation of the TitleBytes editor, I thought it might be time to dust off my old Abstractions column once more (maybe not). As usual, I have a few bits of news and observations to report. First, in case you missed the news, (1) Tim McDonnell became […]