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Why Does North Carolina Require a Real Estate Attorney at Closing?

August 28, 2026
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When buying or selling a home in North Carolina, clients are often surprised to learn that a licensed attorney is involved in the closing process.If you're moving from another state, you may have worked with a title company or escrow company in the past and wonder why North Carolina does things differently. More Than a Signature at the Closing TableMany people assume the attorney's job is simply to Read More

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Have you ever wondered about your property’s history?

August 17, 2022
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Have you ever wondered about your property’s history?  Not just the title search information from when you bought it, but going way, way back, as far as you can go? It has always fascinated me to imagine who was here before us; did anything historically important happen, or was it just a plot of ground occasionally tread over by ancient hunter-gatherers making their way to somewhere else? My maternal grandfather grew Read More

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