Underwriter Updates:
- Fidelity - TN - Basic, homeowners, expanded, and sim issue rate updates and formatting changes (11-06-2025).
- Westcor - KS - New rate (Shared Risk Loan Policy), sim issue changes, formatting and language changes (11-06-2025).
- Chicago Title - Tier added for PIRT policy, formatting and language changes (11-19-2025)
Recording Fees and Transfer Taxes:
- Newtown Square, PA - Newtown Square has a $10 Deed Registration Fee applicable for deeds recorded in the township (10-06-2025).
- Washington, DC - The first time home buyer purchase price cap for the deed recordation tax is increasing from 753k to 777k (10-01-2025).
- Maine - Imposing an additional transfer tax on the portion of consideration exceeding $1 million (11-01-2025).
- Colusa County, CA - Increased base recording fees by $1 and added a DA Fraud Fund Fee of $10 for each document excluding Deed and Power of Attorney documents (11-01-2025).
- Oklahoma - Mortgage Certification Fee increasing from $5 to $10 (11-01-2025).