Purchasing a home is one of the largest and most important decisions that you were going to make during your lifetime. There are many steps and phases to purchasing a home including; getting approved for a loan, having a home inspections, obtaining a clear title and...
An Elevation Certificate (EC) doesn’t have an expiration date per say, but there are some factors that do play a role in determining if an EC is still “good”. First thing to keep in mind is to consider if the FIRM been updated? The Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) are...
To date, Cardinal Surveying & Mapping has performed over 35,000 surveys in the greater St Louis area. Out of all those surveys rarely do we come across something as drastic as what we found a while back that is still worth mentioning! Here’s the quick version: A...
1. There is no other way to Make It Known What You Own. The only way you will know the exact location of your property corners is by having the property surveyed. 2. You don’t want to have to rebuild your fence! Think about that, you will know exactly where your...
When purchasing or refinancing a home, part of the process is to get a title company involved. In layman’s terms, their purpose is to research the property’s deed history and ensure that there is a viable legal way to transfer that ownership from one person to...