Choosing title company?

[disneymagicRN]

We are currently in ROFR for a SSR contract. This is our first time purchasing. We are working through Fidelity, who I understand uses First American title company. I haven't heard great things about First American. Is it too late to use a different closing company should we pass ROFR? How do you go about choosing which title company to use?

 

[stuartsong]

Call up Fidelity and ask if you have an option with the changing the title company. They can provide you with the ones they work with.

 

[H Velador]

The buyer generally can select which title company is used since the buyers are generally the ones that are paying for the title service.

You can search the forums for “title Company”, and you will have an idea of peoples opinions for the different title companies that have been used.

I don’t know if it is too late for you to select your title company, but I would recommend researching and reaching out to the broker as soon as possible to let the broker know your preference. Good luck

 

[TexasChick123]

I had personal experience with this. I asked about changing the title company AFTER my contract was sent to Disney for ROFR review. I was told that they can change it at that point, but they would have to pull the contract back from Disney and resubmit with the new title company doing the work/as the name title agency. It really depends on whether or not you want to lose a few days by making the change. However, with a slow title company versus an efficient one, you may lose a lot more than a few days while they slowly movw through the process.