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Title and Closing Coordinator

EPIC Real Estate Solutions – Pittsburgh, PA

About EPIC Real Estate Solutions

EPIC is a growing national provider of title insurance, escrow and valuation services. We strive to provide the highest level of customer service to national banks, mortgage companies, credit unions and government agencies. Our executive management team has over 20+ years of industry experience. We are a certified woman owned business and pride ourselves on building a great team that allows for career advancement and growth. Our culture at EPIC is dedicated to providing unparalled service to our client but at the same time, making sure our staff have a great place to work. We offer tele-commuting options, flex-time hours, full medical, dental and vision benefits and 401k. Come join our team and start enjoying work.

About the Position

The primary duties of the Title and Closing Customer Service Representative are to service our clients and handle files from the curative process through the preparation of the HUD.

Job Description

1. Review of Title Commitment for clearance.
2. Prepare HUD settlement statements.
3. Confirm closing dates, location, documentation, and funds due at closing with borrowers.
4. Secure lender approval of loan closing documents.
5. Responsible for closing documents in accordance with state requirements and client instructions.
6. Review Work In Progress report to ensure completion.
7. Address inquiries from clients, borrowers, agents and internal staff professionally and in a timely manner.
8. Maintain open communication with clients, team members and team leader.
9. All other duties assigned by management.

Position Requirements:

Must have 1 to 3 Years Prior Experience in Title and Closing Industry

1. Ability to resolve and identify conflict issues effectively.
2. Ability to read title and closing notes with clear understanding.
3. Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
4. Ability to meet timeframes of task assignments by customer.
5. Sense of urgency and communicating closing requirements and timelines to multi-state facilities closing teams and Brokers.
6. Ability to work in a paperless environment and maintain detailed tracking information in workflow.
7. Effective Communication Skills both verbally and through correspondence.
8. Attention to detail 

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Title Insurance Issues

Title Insurance Talk: mortgage broker advertises interest rates tied to affiliated title insurance

A friend showed me the mortgage rate section of the Tribune Review last weekend and pointed to a mortgage company listing that had asterisks next to a few interest rates. These asterisks pointed to a note that the rates were only available if the transaction was a purchase and the borrower used a particular title provider.

Clearly the mortgage broker sought to avoid Pennsylvania’s discounted refinance title premiums as part of this package deal. Only purchases transactions are eligible so there’s enough cash in the pot to subsidize the rates. The consumer appears to be getting a deal with the package.

What do you think about this offer? Is it a problem under RESPA or PA lending or insurance law?

I’ve pondered on it and I’m really not sure. It’s very much like the deals offered to buyers in construction transactions. You get the good price if you use the affiliate. If you don’t use the affiliate, you pay higher than market. As far as I could tell these interest rates weren’t especially low.

What’s also interesting is that I did some checking around and found that the mortgage broker is an attorney who is operating the title services business through the law firm and not as a title agent. He’s working under the approved attorney program. That means that TIRBOP r

via Title Insurance Talk: mortgage broker advertises interest rates tied to affiliated title insurance.