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The Closing Costs Calculator Company

With the exception of Federal Title & Escrow Company, nearly all major title companies write a check to real estate brokers or mortgage companies as a “Thank You” for the referral of business. 

In some cases, the payment is made through a Marketing Service Agreement (MSA) in which, ostensibly, the referring party provides marketing services on behalf of the title company.

In other cases, the payment is made through an Affiliated Business Arrangement (ABA) in which a portion of the profits from each transaction is deposited into an entity account commonly owned by both the referring party and the title company.

In either case, such arrangements are very likely nothing more than the title company buying business from a referring party which drives up the costs for the consumer.

If you are a prospective homebuyer or refinancing homeowner and are referred to a title company by your real estate agent or mortgage lender, ask them if his or her company has a MSA or ABA with the title company.

If so, you are likely paying more for title services than if you were to shop and choose your own title company.

Federal Title & Escrow Company does not participate in MSA or ABA arrangements. As a result, we can afford to be completely transparent to our customers.

This is why we offer consumers highly sophisticated online closing costs calculators with guaranteed quotes and other tools such as our new Close It!™ mobile app.

Because we have nothing to hide, we are the only title company that invests heavily in delivering the message to consumers the importance of shopping for and choosing your own title company.

So much so that some have referred to us as the “Closing Costs Calculator Company.”

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