{"id":677,"date":"2018-01-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/?p=677"},"modified":"2018-01-21T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T05:01:33","slug":"what-are-the-benefits-of-title-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/29\/what-are-the-benefits-of-title-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Benefits of Title Insurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buying a new home, vehicle, or other piece of real property is always a major investment.&nbsp; Due to the importance of these investments, making sure the asset is properly insured is an important responsibility.&nbsp; For those that are located in the Laurel, MD area, one important type of insurance that must be obtained is title insurance.&nbsp; There are several reasons why having title insurance is very important.<\/p>\n<h2>Provides Protection<\/h2>\n<p>When you purchase a home, vehicle, or other asset, your lender will require that a title search will be completed on the asset.&nbsp; A title search will confirm whether or not there are any outstanding liens against the asset.&nbsp; In the majority of situations, any outstanding liens will be properly identified and you will be aware if there are any potential responsibilities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While title searches are usually accurate, there are situations in which they can miss an outstanding item.&nbsp; In these situations title insurance will provide you with coverage to pay for the liens that were missed on the title report.&nbsp; In most cases, your lender will require you to have insurance coverage up to the amount of the outstanding loan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Title Insurance<\/h2>\n<p>It may be wise to purchase additional title insurance as well.&nbsp; If there is a significant lien on the asset, the lien holder could potentially use it to foreclose on your asset.&nbsp; While the lender will be repaid through their policy, you could potentially lose all equity that you have in your home.&nbsp; The additional title insurance will be ensure that your equity is protected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Due to the importance of title insurance, Laurel, MD area residents should reach out to Mid Atlantic Insurance Financial to discuss their insurance needs.&nbsp; Mid Atlantic Insurance Financial will be able to explain the benefits of title insurance and make sure that your insurance needs are properly met. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying a new home, vehicle, or other piece of real property is always a major investment.&nbsp; Due to the importance of these investments, making sure the asset is properly insured is an important responsibility.&nbsp; For those that are located in the Laurel, MD area, one important type of insurance that must be obtained is title [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[512,198],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance","tag-laurel-md","tag-mid-atlantic-insurance-financial"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":678,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymidatlantic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}