Legal Lane

By Michele McCaskillVP, Risk Management and Assistant General Counsel Lawsuits, Lawsuits and More Lawsuits As you may know, for the past few years, the real estate industry has been under increasing attack.  Numerous lawsuits have been filed across the country...

2023 Scam Alert

Real Estate scams – what you need to know Canopy often sends out general “caution” notices to the membership when we are alerted of a potential new real estate scam.  In recent months, the frequency of these reports has grown and real estate scams appear to be...

Cybercrime and Phishing

According to REALTOR® Magazine, scams directly related to the real estate sector rose 1,100 percent from 2015 to 2017.  Other reports show that real estate was the second highest industry hit with malware events in the second quarter of 2018.  Malware is malicious...