Consumer Information

Brochures on the following subjects have been made available on-line for your benefit:

For more information, contact your Chicago Title or Ticor Title representative by clicking here.


EC Purchasing

EC Purchasing.com is a service available to all approved agents and to their customers. It is an aggregated buying service of FNF, which offers discounted rates on the following products and services which are used in all office environments:

• Office equipment
• Office supplies and services
• Water and coffee
• Mailing and shipping (discounted rates for UPS and Federal Express)
• Medical and Dental insurance
• Communications (cellular telephones and cell phone service)

To find out more about EC Purchasing, contact your agency representative or visit their website:http://www.ecpurchasing.com/ecp/


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Title Insurance and Closing Software

NOTICE: The information about software vendors and software products found on this website is provided for informational purposes, as a courtesy to our agency network. Chicago Title Insurance Company and Ticor Title Insurance Company assume no responsibility for the quality or accuracy of any software product or for any loss or damage resulting from the selection or use of a particular vendor or product.

Chicago Title and Ticor Title Insurance representatives utilize the services of SoftPro Corporation for real estate closing and title insurance software.

SoftPro Corporation, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, is owned by our affiliate, Micro General Corporation. It offers a suite of products designed specifically for the title industry and closing agents, including Closing and Title Insurance Production, Trust Account Management, Title
Plant/Backfile Indexing, Amortization Scheduling and more. SoftPro's products are modular, so an agent need acquire only those products which are necessary. Agents of Chicago Title and Ticor Title are eligible for special pricing on SoftPro licensing.

Below, you will find a list of additional software product offerings.

titlesupportservices.com
rbj.com
titlesoftinc.com
ramquest.com
snapclose.com

For more information, contact your Chicago Title or Ticor Title representative, or visit the SoftPro Corporation website by clicking here.


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Valuations and Appraisals

Chicago Title and Ticor Title Insurance customers utilize the services of our affordable affiliate, Market Intelligence, for valuation and appraisal services.

Market Intelligence is helping mortgage lenders and consumers to lower the cost of borrowing by lowering the cost of the appraisal. They also provide many of the nation's largest lenders by offering Broker Price Opinions (BPOs), inspections and traditional appraisals. Market Intelligence is owned by our parent company Fidelity National Financial, the largest title insurance holding company in the world.

For more information, visit the Market Intelligence website by clicking here.


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Flood Certifications

Chicago Title and Ticor Title Insurance customers utilize the services of our affiliate, Fidelity National Flood Services, for flood certification services.

Fidelity National Flood Services (FNFS) is a flood zone determination (FZD) and geophysical hazard reporting company that serves real estate and lending institutions, providing exceptional customer service and a wide variety of services and products in compliance with the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994. FNFS was founded in 1988 and is one of the largest and most proficient flood compliance companies in the United States. Operating out of Arlington, Texas, FNFS provides quality services including FZDs, Life of Loan maintenance, Home Management Disclosure Act (HMDA) census tract information, and portfolio analysis and tracking for banks and mortgage companies. FNFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial.

For more information, visit the FNFS website by clicking here.


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1031 Tax Exchange Service

Investment Property Exchange Services, Inc. is a Fidelity National Financial company that provides investors with qualified intermediary services for tax deferred exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. A growing number of knowledgeable investors leverage their investment equity by using a 1031 exchange to defer the payment of unwanted capital gain taxes on the sales of their investment real or personal property. IPX1031's is a market leader in its field.


For more information about Investment Property Exchange Services, click here or visit the website

 

 


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