Sale With a Commitment to Insure a Resale (110% Hold Open Policy) Rate

This rate applies under two circumstances:

  1. When the transaction involves the initial issuance of a commitment to a purchaser, usually an investor, who plans to resell the property within one year. The policy will be issued upon a single resale to the ultimate purchaser within one year of the date of the commitment.

  2. When there is a resale after a foreclosure. The foreclosing lender, whether it is a government loan or not, usually will not require an owner's policy to be issued to them at the completion of a foreclosure, but they may want to provide a third party purchaser with an owner's policy when they sell the REO property. In this situation, the commitment may be held open for a period of two years.

This rate does not apply to refinance transactions and the customer must request the hold open policy when placing the initial order. It is only available for a one-time hold open transfer (extensions are not available).

The rate is 110% of base rate of the purchase price. The agent shall remit based on 100% of the premium and retain the additional 10% for administrative fees for holding the commitment open.

The premium is payable in full at the initial purchase transaction.

If at resale the policy to be issued is for a greater amount than that proposed in the commitment, the increased liability shall be charged at the applicable base rate.

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