Jay Beitel is a principal at Polunsky Beitel Green, a Texas-based mortgage law firm. Key differences, protections, and legal considerations for lenders under Texas law Lately, there's been a buzz ...

AOLs are an important emerging trend in real estate finance transactions. However, despite being more affordable than title insurance, they should be used with caution when replacing title insurance.

Recently, Fannie Mae announced its plans to develop a pilot program to bypass traditional title insurance. Since the announcement, there has been a lot of talk about attorney opinion letters (AOLs) ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...