City Council targets deed fraud with two bills

Car theft, once rampant in the city, has been reduced to a trickle. But thieves have become adept at stealing something even more valuable: homes. While auto larcenies have plunged to about 5,000 a year from nearly 150,000 in 1990, some 3,152 deed theft complaints were filed with the Department of Finance over the past six years. Now the City Council is considering legislation to curb the problem. A pair of bills would ramp up

source https://therealdeal.com/2020/10/13/city-council-targets-deed-fraud-with-two-bills/