Why ALTA Land Title Surveys Face New Scrutiny in Deals

Team reviewing documents during an ALTA land title survey for a real estate transaction

If you have bought, financed, or developed property before, you may feel something has changed lately. Deals that once moved quickly now slow down earlier. Surveyors ask more questions. Title companies push back sooner. Lenders pause files that used to glide through. Yet here is the confusing part: the land often looks the same. This […]

Why ALTA Surveys Matter More as Land Mapping Goes Viral

Professional land surveyor verifying property boundaries in the field, showing how ALTA surveys provide accuracy beyond viral land mapping images

Scroll through social media for a few minutes and you’ll see it. Colorful maps. Sharp boundary lines. Confident captions claiming who owns what land. These posts spread fast because they look official. They feel clear. And for many people, that feels like proof. However, that confidence is often misplaced. As land mapping images go viral, […]

ALTA Title Survey Checklist: What Lenders Look For

Model house placed on property plans showing how an ALTA title survey supports lender review and loan approval

If you are buying or financing property, you will hear one term again and again: ALTA title survey. In fact, most lenders will not release funds without one. Yet many buyers still feel confused about what this survey actually needs to show for financing approval. They assume any ALTA survey will work. Unfortunately, that assumption […]