CLOSING COSTS

Finding Hidden Costs on your Closing Statement

Study: Closing Costs Average $3,000 Nationwide

Mortgage Loans - secret methods that drive up the cost of your home purchase or refinance -

SMART MONEY Magazine article detailing spurious closing costs -

ABC News March 2006 investigative report on excessive closing costs


TITLE INSURANCE

Primer on Title Insurance by Professor Emeritus Jack Guttentag, Wharton School

Investor's Business Daily, July 2006 educating home buyers on choosing title insurance

Kenneth Harney, national real estate columnist, May 2006 article about excessive cost of title insurance(published in San Francisco Chronicle) -

Testimony of J. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, before the House Committee of Financial Services re Title Insurance Cost and Competition (April 2006)

Garamendi kicks off campaign for new title insurance regs, July 20, 2006