Miscellaneous Links

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Mortgage Banking

Bank Info

Compliance Desk

National Mortgage News

Money Page

Kirchman Corporation (look for the Big Orange Book) 

American Banker

 

Inside Mortgage Finance Publications

Interest

Greatland (look for the newsletter Compliance Matters)

MBA On-line

Division of Financial Institutions (Michigan's banking regulator -- look for links to related sites for a list of the links to other state banking regulators)

Other

Legal Online

Library Catalogs

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National Archives and Records Administration

Search the Philadelphia government system

Search the Philadelpia Prothonotary office under the Civil Docket Search

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC home page with links to information on deposit insurance, banks, regulation and examinations, and information on banks taken over by the FDIC

HUD Home page
The HUD official home page. It contains a searchable database providing the latest information on RESPA activities

Internal Revenue Service
RS Home page giving access to regulations and forms

State and Local Government on the Net
Piper Resources has also collected a list of state and local government web sites. A good place to start if you want to know what government resources are available on the web, in your jurisdiction and others.

Law Journal Real Estate Pages
Contains links to articles on commercial real estate and reports on recent court cases.

DIRT
Probably the oldest real estate lawyer discussion group, DIRT is an ABA-sponsored discussion forum that is monitored by Pat Randolph, a law professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. There is a daily discussion of a recent case of interest to real estate lawyers. The commentary is generally of a very high quality and very informative.

All in One Search Page
Pulls together in one site a number of useful Internet search engines, grouped by categories of special interest.

Social Security Death Index
This site provides information on deceased individuals in a Social Security Systems database. Additionally, it provides addresses and telephone numbers for living individuals throughout the country. It can be helpful in locating parties from whom information is required in order to clear title.

Information Search
This site allows you to find people, businesses, telephone numbers and addresses all over the country free of charge. This site searches several databases with one query.

Zip Code Lookup and Address Information
The official site of the U.S. Post Office. Allows you to find a zip code for a specific address or the track an express mail package.

Missing Assignment Database
This site assists in solving the problem of missing assignments by providing a mechanism for locating the entity which endorsed the note but failed to record the assignment of mortgage.

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
This site can be accessed to search for possible arrearages. If one is disclosed, you can then contact the local office for a payoff figure.

Knowx
This site allows you to do a background check on an individual.