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Good, Better, Best: Metro National Title

When you’re in the process of purchasing or selling your home, you want the best people to work with, right? You want the best house, for the best price, with the best lender, with the best agent. Having the best Title Company is just the next item on the list!…

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Fannie Mae to accept lender-funded down payment assistance

Fannie Mae will now buy mortgage loans with lender-funded grants, including down payment assistance, closing costs or financial reserves. The change could give nonbank lenders a way to guard against redlining accusations. The government-sponsored enterprise will start accepting such loans immediately. According to Fannie Mae’s guidance, “The lender must have…

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What is Lender Refinancing?

There are several reasons to refinance—such as getting a better interest rate, a lower monthly mortgage payment, or simply withdrawing cash from the equity in your home. It's important to make sure you refinance the right way and when you’re working with the right people, it will make the refinancing…

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Everything you need to know about Escrow

Understanding escrow can make buying or selling your next home much easier. Here's everything you need to know, so you can feel confident when you make your next residential property transaction. WHAT IS ESCROW? There are actually two types of Escrow. The first type is a legal arrangement you have…

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Title Insurance: What It Is, and Why You Need It

As you get closer to closing on your new property, you will hear about Title Insurance and wonder what it is and why it’s important. Title insurance is a protection for you and your lender from the potential chances of someone else having a claim or interest on the title…

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Things You Need to Know about Title Insurance

Before choosing Metro Title for your title insurance and other property closing needs, you will want to make sure you know the details of what you are getting. There are different types of title insurance and knowing what coverage you will be afforded will provide you with peace of mind.…

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Home title theft

Rick Kahler: Can home title thieves can't steal your house? No, they can't. Home title theft. This is a “threat” I only learned about from frantic radio commercials warning that your home can be stolen from you. They claim thieves can deed your property to themselves and then mortgage or…

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We’re Hiring

Now hiring: Logan, South Ogden, Murray, Sandy, Orem and Pleasant Grove. For more information please call us @ (801) 363-6633 E-mail:

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Cloudstar Data Breach

Dear Metro Customers, We are aware of the Cloudstar data breach. Although this is a tragedy, we are hoping is remedied sooner than later, this will not affect Metro services or transactions. We will be open for normal business hours on Monday and are still able to service you. More…

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The Role of a Title Company in Refinancing

Considering a home refinance? If you are, you may have a lot of questions. These can include: What does it mean to refinance? What does a loan for refinancing mean? What role in the process does the title company have? We know this can be a confusing experience if you…

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Tax Deferred Exchanges: What You Need to Know

Tax Deferred Exchanges: What You Need to Know If you're not familiar with tax deferred exchanges, you're definitely not alone. But if you're planning on buying and selling any property, it's time you learned about IRS code Section 1031. It could save you a lot of money! This code is…

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Metro Title COVID-19 Information

As our world family continues to deal with the COVID-19 virus, we at Metro Title are taking every possible precaution to ensure that we're doing our part to resist the spread of this virus. In addition to sanitizing our offices regularly, the following protocols are in place: Closings: If you…

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We’re Hiring – May 2019

WE'RE HIRING! Escrow Assistants Job Duties: An Escrow Assistant is responsible for providing support during the opening, maintaining, and closing of real estate transactions. The Escrow Assistant provides services to clients under the supervision of the Escrow Officer. They also assist Escrow Officers by creating and editing correspondence and documents,…

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Easy Estimate Calculator

If you want to get a good idea of your title costs ahead of time, we can help with our Title Insurance Calculator. It's simple and easy to use. Just choose whether you're the buyer or the seller, and put in the total loan amount or the sales price. Then…

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Metro National Title Coat Drive

Salt Lake 345 E Broadway Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Farmington/Station Park 172 N East Promontory, Ste. 290 Farmington, UT 84025 Layton 1597 N Woodland Park Dr. Ste. 100B Layton, UT 84105 Midvale 7351 S Union Park Ave, Ste. 150 Midvale, UT 84047 Park City 1492 Park Ave Park City,…

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Assistant Escrow Officer

Metro National Title has an opening in our Broadway office for an Assistant to an Escrow Officer. This position will require a high level of attention to detail, fluency with general commercial real estate terms and processes, the ability to learn and retain information, and skilled at working as a…

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How to Pick a Title Company

There are plenty of title companies to choose from. They come in different sizes and they offer different things. Full-service title companies can handle everything from start to finish when it comes to your closing transaction. You want one that will provide you with all the aspects of a good…

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How to Buy Title Insurance

Title insurance is important when it comes to protecting the investment in your home. You want to make sure you have the right insurance just in case there is a claim brought against the title after you make your purchase. In those kinds of cases your title insurance policy will…

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Why Do You Need Title Insurance?

Whenever you purchase real estate in Utah, Title Insurance researches historical ownership of the property and assures each previous transaction has been completed without any disputes of ownership. Is that the end of the value offered by title insurance? No. Title insurance claims do still occur even with the modernization…

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Title Insurance Tips

When you buy a property, you receive a title that shows ownership. You want that title to be clear, so you don't have to worry about problems in the future. Unpaid liens, easements and other issues can put a cloud on a title and, in some cases, stop the sale…

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BEST PRACTICES BLOG # 3

THE SEVEN BEST PRACTICE PILLARS: # 2 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/metrontitle Procedures and controls for Escrow Trust Accounts allowing for electronic verification of reconciliation. Purpose: Appropriate and effective escrow controls and staff training help title and settlement companies meet client and legal requirements for the safeguarding of client funds. These…

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BEST PRACTICES BLOG #2

THE SEVEN BEST PRACTICE PILLARS: #1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/metrontitle The policy is to maintain current license(s) as required to conduct the business of title insurance and settlement services. Purpose : To maintain state mandated insurance licenses and corporate registrations, which ensures that the company remains in good standing with…

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Secure, Trusted and Verified

Recent CFPB regulatory requirements have deemed that lenders are responsible for actions of their third party service providers. To meet the ever changing and challenging demands of regulators, lenders and con-sumers, the American Land Title Association has developed a Best Practices Framework for the Settlement Industry. We at Metro National…

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Metro National Title’s Mission

Metro National Title's mission is to continually have each customer leave our office with a higher sense of security, confidence and loyalty than they had before they walked in. When looking for Title Companies in Utah, Metro National Title leads the way in assisting you with your title insurance and…

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Title Insurance

When you purchase your home, how can you be sure that there are no problems with the home’s title and that the seller really owns the property? Problems with the title can limit your use and enjoyment of the property, as well as bring financial loss. That is what a…

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