BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Boca Raton real estate broker almost lost $200,000 in a fake property deed scam involving vacant land in Deerfield Beach. It happened Sept. 10. That's when Marshall Sklar, a real ...

From there, the scammer files a new deed with the local county clerk, transferring the property to their name or an alias.

Cybercriminals are filing forged property deeds at a growing rate in Travis County, effectively transferring homeownership to themselves and leaving victims in legal turmoil, the Austin ...

When it comes to real estate, “deed” and “title” are often used interchangeably. But they actually refer to two very different things. Understanding the distinction isn’t just helpful, it’s essential.

When someone buys or sells a home, the purchase and transfer of the property is always facilitated by a real estate deed — a written document that legally transfers the ownership of a property from ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Have you read the deed to your house? It may contain language meant to prevent people of color from buying and occupying land. It's called a racial covenant. "They stipulated that ...

HOUSTON – At least two Harris County residents are shocked and scrambling to figure out what to do after learning the deeds to their properties were transferred to a woman who they have never met ...

Racist and offensive language can still be found in many residential deeds throughout Delaware prohibiting certain people from owning property, even though it's been illegal since the Fair Housing Act ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...