The day you close on the purchase of your home, or investment property,
should be a time of celebration. While you're busy taking care of
preparations to move, you should feel confident that skilled title
professionals are busy with necessary tasks to make sure your closing
takes place as you planned. The work of the title company begins weeks
before the closing date. Take a moment to learn about the behind the
scenes activities that lead to a successful closing.

Once Preferred Title receives an order from you, your real estate agent or
your lender, we review all information for completeness and accuracy and
the countdown to closing begins. Timely completion of all aspects of the
settlement is essential, to make sure a successful closing takes place. You
will be contacted by our office to obtain closing date and time, as well the
names of your insurance agent and others we will need to contact on your
behalf.

An abstract of title is ordered to review the seller’s title, which is a history
of the ownership of the property, to determine that title to the property is
correct and complete. Preferred Title searches and examines the title and
prepares a title commitment to send to your lender for approval.

While the abstract of title is being prepared, Preferred Title’s staff is busy
coordinating other matters, such as obtaining a written payoff from the
seller’s mortgage holder; as well addressing any problems or discrepancies
which may be discovered, so that they can be corrected. While each closing
is as unique as the people involved, much of the behind-the-scenes work
leading up to the closing is fairly commonplace for the skilled professionals
at Preferred Title. It is our job to facilitate cooperation, coordination and
compliance between all settlement service professionals involved with the
transaction.

The closing is the time when the actual transfer of ownership of the
property from the seller to the buyer. Everything that has been done
behind-the-scenes by Preferred Title and the other settlement parties,
leads up to this day. The closing is where it all happens!


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