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Why is selecting an independent title company so important?

Written by Todd Ewing on 2012-03-06.

Two reasons basically. By selecting a title company that is not bound by what’s known as an Affiliated Business Arrangement, you eliminate potential conflict of interest and generally save money. When buying a home, you will be working...

RESPA reforms golden opportunity for title agents to ramp up direct-to-consumer marketing efforts

Written by Federal Title on 2012-03-01.

There’s been a push to improve consumers’ ability to shop for title services and encourage price competition since about April 2007, when the U.S. Government Accountability Office released its Report on Title Insurance. More recently,...

Most popular articles of 2011

Written by Federal Title on 2011-12-22.

Our blog is one of our best tools for communicating with our clients. We use this space to answer commonly asked questions and address industry changes that may impact you, the homebuyer (or the homeowner who wants to refinance). It’s...

Independent agencies reject affiliated business arrangements: Washington Post

Written by Federal Title on 2011-09-20.

Over the weekend, the Washington Post Real Estate Section published an article by nationally syndicated columnist Ken Harney describing a sea change in the title insurance industry where transparency and honest rates are becoming more commonplace. Toward...

Affliliated business arrangements = Bad business

Written by Todd Ewing on 2011-03-15.

In the vein of “Affiliated Business Arrangements = Bad Business,” I bring to you yet more evidence of the same. In an effort to maintain their government-sanctioned kickbacks, proponents (i.e., RESPRO, et. al.) of Affiliated Business Arrangements...

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Why is selecting an independent title company so important?

RESPA reforms golden opportunity for title agents to ramp up direct-to-consumer marketing efforts

Most popular articles of 2011

Independent agencies reject affiliated business arrangements: Washington Post

Affliliated business arrangements = Bad business

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