Unique anti-AfBA business model pays off
Title company’s unique anti-AfBA business model pays off [Oct. 18, 2009]
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Pending home sales in the Washington, DC metro area are nearly as high as they were two years ago when the $8,000 federal first-time homebuyer tax credit was still in effect, another sign that the market is poised for a turn-around.
That’s...
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...
RESPA reforms golden opportunity for title agents to ramp up direct-to-consumer marketing efforts
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,...
Independent agencies reject affiliated business arrangements: Washington Post
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...
REAL™ Credit O.K.’d by D.C. government
We've caught a lot of flack lately over our REAL Credit™, with some of our competitors saying the progressive program is a violation of D.C. Code. After consulting the District of Columbia’s Department of Insurance, Securities and...
Why homebuyers should shop to save on title services
Homebuyers who close with Federal Title are often surprised to learn how much money they’ve saved on their closing costs. This is because we offer every homebuyer (and refinancing homeowner) an instant rebate known as a REAL Credit™.
So...
Imitation: sincerest form of flattery
Recently, Todd Ewing, the founder & president of our company commented on how being copied is a form of flattery. While I do not wholly disagree, I do want to point out that it is a bit disappointing to see our competitors try so hard...
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