Tag Archives: New York title insurance

Hallmark Abstract Service Proudly Presents the Do You Ever Wonder? Podcast, Hosted by CEO Mike Haltman

What do you wonder about? We all have questions that we very much plan on getting the answers to, but because our lives get in the way often never get around to finding out! We can hopefully help! By popular demand, Hallmark Abstract Service is very proud to announce the creation of the Do You […]

Covid and Workplace Violence? Real Estate, Law, Corporate, Schools, Healthcare? Nip It In The Bud!

Covid, Vaccines, Masks, Back to the Workplace and the Potential For Workplace Violence! While we may not want to focus on it, should business, education and hospital/healthcare leaders at the very least be thinking about it? Learn how to nip it in the bud. Get the details at the link below about the Hallmark Abstract […]

‘Do You Ever Wonder’ Welcomes Internationally Recognized Innovation and Disruption Superstar, Jay Samit!

Jay Samit on LinkedIn Live

Register here: https://www.linkedin.com/events/doyoueverwonderwelcomesdisrupti6795780649472036864/ May 25, 2021 at 6:00-6:30 PM EST ‘Do You Ever Wonder’ Welcomes Internationally Recognized Innovation and Disruption Superstar, Jay Samit! Hallmark Abstract Service CEO Mike Haltman could not be more excited, as he welcomes our guest and internationally known and sought after expert on disruption and innovation, Jay Samit. The list of Jay’s […]

Guest Author: Title Insurance: Determining an Insured’s Loss and Calculating the Damages, Adam Leitman Bailey

Title Insurance: An often misunderstood, and potentially not understood at all, product purchased by buyers of residential and commercial property in New York that will protect them in what very well could be the largest financial transaction of their lives! The short explanation is that title insurance is ensuring that the buyer of property is […]

FHA Mortgages: Delinquencies Have Hit 17.5%!

We are all aware of the significant and often tragic financial hardships that currently exists for a great many American households due to Covid-19, and the associated impact it has had on the U.S. economy! For homeowners who currently have FHA mortgages, a report from American Enterprise Institute titled ‘10 metros most threatened by high numbers […]

Podcasting 101: How to get the ball rolling

As a title insurance company, why would we start a podcast? Podcasting is a great tool for presenting both the expertise and thought leadership of ourselves and our business, to an audience we feel would benefit from it and who we would like to meet. But, for one reason or another, for the most part […]

Title Insurance Claims Experience: The Performance of Your New York Title Insurance Policy Provider Really Does Matter! (Video)

Title insurance in New York: Just a commodity product, right? If you asked you would likely be told that the title insurance policy, critical for protecting what may be the single greatest financial transaction a buyer has ever entered into, is nothing but a commodity product and will be exactly the same regardless of the […]

Introducing The Hallmark Abstract Service Title Insurance Video Education Series!

For most of the 12+ years that Hallmark Abstract Service has been providing title insurance for New York State residential and commercial real estate transactions, we have been writing articles and using other means such as social media, to educate the consumer about what is often the unknown ‘commodity’ of title insurance! We have placed ‘commodity’ […]

Cats Have No Place In A Legal Proceeding…A Legal Ethics Lesson! (Viral Video)

By now you, along with 10.3 million of your friends, have likely seen the unfortunate situation an attorney found himself in during a Zoom hearing. Present at said hearing was the judge and this poor attorneys adversary! If for some reason you have not seen it, we share it below. But more importantly, this episode presents itself […]

Feeding Frenzy For Suburban Residential Property – All Good, Or Bubble-like?

Exodus of population from dense environments has led to a scarcity of inventory and a sharp escalation in residential real estate prices in the suburbs…Can it all be sustained? Pandemic has caused property in less dense locales to be in high demand and short supply, leading to sharp increases in prices. Add to the mix […]