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The Title Report | September 16, 2024
PLTA celebrates 103rd convention, welcomes new officer

The Title Report | September 15, 2023
PLTA celebrates 102nd convention, welcomes new officers

The Title Report | September 8, 2023
LIVE: The Title Report at PLTA Convention 2023

PA House - InTheNews | May 23, 2023
Ciresi introduces bill to simplify and make predictable the cost of recording documents

PA Counties Adding eRecording
Two counties have been added to the now list of 55 counties out of the 67 in the state. View the complete list of PA counties.

PA House - InTheNews | May 23, 2023
Ciresi introduces bill to simplify and make predictable the cost of recording documents

PENNSYLVANIA RECORD | October 20, 2022
Pennsylvania Land Title Association Honors Edward Hayes with Trailblazer Award

www.foxrothschild.com | October 4, 2022
Pennsylvania Land Title Association Honors Edward Hayes with Trailblazer Award
Fox Rothschild LLP congratulates Edward J. Hayes, who is the 2022 recipient of the Pennsylvania Land Title Association’s Anne L. Anastasi Trailblazer Award for Outstanding Achievement and Innovation.

The Title Report | October 1, 2022
PLTA names new officers, member awards

The Pennsylvania Land Title Association (PLTA) announced its new officers and its 2022 award winners at its 101st annual convention in Cambridge.

National Mortgage News | April 14, 2022
ALTA Urges Caution on Use of Attorney Opinion Letters in Lieu of Title Insurance
The American Land Title Association on Thursday warned that Fannie Mae’s new guidance allowing for the limited use of attorney opinion letters opens the door for problems that might leave mortgaged properties with a clouded title.

ALTA Title News Online | January 27, 2022
PLTA Recognized by Pennsylvania Senate

The Title Report | January 25, 2022
Pennsylvania Land Title Association recognized for 100 years


If you missed the video celebrating 100 years of PLTA Leadership, take a moment to check out the video below:


PLTA In The News Archive

For Immediate Release: PLTA Celebrates its 100th in the Birthplace of Title Insurance - Attendees greeted with the past, present, and future of the title industry.
For Immediate Release: PLTA Announces the Anne L. Anastasi Trailblazer Award for Outstanding Achievement and Innovation

ALTA TitleNews Online | March 30, 2021
PLTA Marks 100 Years of Protecting Property Rights

The Title Report | March 26, 2021
Pennsylvania Land Title Association celebrates 100 years

ALTA Digital Fix | October 2020
Pennsylvania Governor Signs RON Legislation

www.alta.org - April 21, 2020
Pennsylvania to Temporarily Allow RON

WHYY PBS - March 26, 2020
No deed, no deal: Pa. real estate industry stymied by move online

WTAJ - We Are Central PA - March 22, 2020
Working Together in ‘Strange Times’

The Philadelphia Inquirer - March 22, 2020
Pa. releases new list of businesses that can stay open during coronavirus shutdown

The Title Report - June 18, 2018
Read about the officers installation and awards at the PLTA 97th annual convention in Gettysburg.

PLTA Media Release - PLTA 2018-2019 Board induction and awards at the 97th Annual Convention!

PLTA Media Release - PLTA 97th Annual Convention Award Recipients! 

Click to read about the 97th annual convention in The Title Report.

August 2014 - The Title Report, October Research, LLC - "Free Download: eTransactions Special Report"

For nearly 15 years, the PLTA has been vigilant in protecting its members from recorders who impose “unreasonable and illegal recording requirements,” and fail to properly discharge their responsibility to record submitted documents, according to Shatz.

To read more download the free report to read PLTA's Leonard A. Shatz, Esq., CLTP -  page 14 "eRecording not a cure-all" article.

 

EMAIL SCAM ALERTS:

Alert: We have received reports from numerous members of a suspicious phishing email purporting to be from Lisa McEntee stating “Are you available at the moment? Regards Lisa (President of Pennsylvania Land Title Association (PLTA)” and coming from an email address of “eyancey@comcast.net.” Please be advised that this email is neither from Lisa McEntee nor any member of the PLTA staff. We have confirmed that our database was not breached. Please ignore and delete the email.

Alert: Please delete an email that contains an attachment about a shared file from Pennsylvania Land Title Institute. This is a phishing email and it should not be opened. Our database was not breached.

Alert: A lways be on the lookout for scam emails. Please visit the American Land Title Association’s Information Security page for more information on cyber fraud, and contact us at info@plta.org with any questions or concerns.

Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the current crisis and we have received spoofed emails posing as officers, staff, chapter and committee chairs.  Please be vigilant and please do not respond, open attachments or click links included in a suspicious email.  Block all emails and report them on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Crime Complaint Center website.



ALTA Alert

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published a consumer warning on attempts to steal consumers’ closing funds which echoes the tips in ALTA's recent alert and has finalized its series of amendments to for the Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosures. Although the 560-page amendment includes a number of helpful clarifications, it still fails to fix the requirement which causes inaccurate title insurance pricing disclosures for consumers at closing.  Follow the links below for additional resources:

ALTA Consumer Alert: Beware of Wire Fraud Schemes When Buying a Home

Buying a home is an exciting time. You’ve saved, found the perfect home and planned the move. Now, the closing day for your home is just around the corner.

The American Land Title Association wants to make sure your home purchase doesn’t get derailed by a dangerous threat that could keep you from getting the keys, painting walls and decorating. Criminals have stolen money meant for the purchase of homes through malicious wire fraud schemes targeting consumers across the country.

Criminals begin the wire fraud process way before the attempted theft occurs. Most often, they begin with a common social engineering technique called phishing. This can take the form of email messages, website forms or phone calls to fraudulently obtain private information. Through seemingly harmless communication, criminals trick users into inputting their information or clicking a link that allows hackers to steal login and password information.  Read more at www.alta.org.



Wire Fraud Warning for Consumers
To help raise awareness about wire fraud, ALTA created a 2-minute video that provides four tips on how consumers can protect their money and offers advice on what to do if they have been targeted by a scam.


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