BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Boca Raton real estate broker almost lost $200,000 in a fake property deed scam involving vacant land in Deerfield Beach. It happened Sept. 10. That's when Marshall Sklar, a real ...

What does a government document look like when it’s put on the blockchain? Well, it looks a lot like a regular, old government document. That’s the case in South Burlington, Vt., at least. The city, ...

A deed of reconveyance proves you’ve paid off the mortgage on your home.

ST PAUL, Minn. — Have you read the deed to your house? It may contain language meant to prevent people of color from buying and occupying land. It's called a racial covenant. "They stipulated that ...

When someone buys or sells a home, the purchase and transfer of the property is always facilitated by a real estate deed — a written document that legally transfers the ownership of a property from ...

Cybercriminals are filing forged property deeds at a growing rate in Travis County, effectively transferring homeownership to themselves and leaving victims in legal turmoil, the Austin ...

A new effort is underway to protect Arizonans from having homes stolen through deed fraud, a growing problem where scammers ...