Unique anti-AfBA business model pays off
Title company’s unique anti-AfBA business model pays off [Oct. 18, 2009]
Tag: affiliated business arrangement
Marketing services agreement: A kickback by another name
While Affiliated Business Arrangements (also known as a The Legal Kickback) between settlement companies and real estate brokers have been much discussed and criticized over the years as anti-consumer, they continue to permeate the market.
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Borrower pays $2,000 for in-office closing?
Your refinance loan application has just been approved and your lender asks if you have a preference in selecting a title company. The borrower (name redacted) in the HUD-1 you see below answered “No” to this question and was...
Shop title insurance providers, save on closing costs
The Internet makes it so easy for consumers to find the best prices on all kinds of goods. Why would anyone willingly pay retail price when it’s so easy to point-and-click your way to a bargain?
If we were talking about furniture...
Happy birthday, REAL Credit™
This month, Federal Title & Escrow Company’s innovative REAL Credit™ will celebrate 10 years of providing substantial closing cost savings to home buyers.
Ten years ago, against the pressures of sharing our revenues with real estate...