Author Index James K. Weston

How about letting homeowners trade in their high-interest mortgages for fixed-term models?

Financial institutions seem to be hoarding bailout money, not lending it.

The real-estate market, still frozen by fear, is producing few opportunities.

HUD has finally pushed out its RESPA regs. Here's an at-a-glance review.

The Federal Reserve finally issues a new RESPA rule.

Real estate lawyers worry about proposed changes in the rules governing "law-related service."

New laws expand the prohibitions on predatory lending.

A new bill would redefine yet again the Illinois' anti-predatory-lending law.

Mortgage fraud and bifurcated closings were among the issues for this year's General Assembly.

This law, effective January 1, is designed to protect soon-tobe-forclosed landowners from a "rescue" scam.

Illinois' anti-mortgage-fraud program debuted September 1. Will it fulfill its intended purpose?

Concerns persist about this anti-redlining program.

Illinois' predatory lending law gets off to a slow start, and notary fraud arrives on legislators' radar screens.

A well-intentional law armed at predatory lending puts title companies and lawyers at risk, the author argues

 Is HUD trying once again to amend the RESPA statute by regulation?

Effective July 1, a new law requires counties to charge an extra $10 for every real estate document they record.

Two different bills requiring notaries to maintain logbooks and record thumbprints are introduced this session.

Here's a summary of some of the many recent changes in real estate taxation.

Let's amend the notary law to require a thumbprint with the signature.

A new law allows a title insurance company to file a certificate of release for any paid-off mortgage.