Think Tank: Deregulate Title Insurance (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Story date: 2007-09-04 03:18:51
Added on: 2007-09-05 02:50:57
Costs of title insurance in New Mexico could drop by 30 percent, potentially saving home buyers $40 million a year, if the state's price-regulated title insurance system was scrapped, according to a new report.
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