Tools and answers for your next closing.

Usually the buyer's attorney, but we take orders from agents, lenders and buyers directly. If counsel isn't retained yet, send the contract and we'll open the file and loop the attorney in when they're named.

Most residential searches in Nassau, Suffolk and the boroughs come back within 5 to 10 business days, with municipals running in parallel. Rush handling is available — tell us the closing date when you order and we'll tell you honestly whether it's workable.

Yes. We handle transactions in all 62 New York counties, upstate and downstate, through examiner and searcher relationships in each jurisdiction.

The property address, county, transaction type, and the contract of sale if there is one. Names, lender and closing date help, but we can open on the address alone and follow up.

Defects in the record that existed before your policy was issued — undisclosed liens, judgments, prior mortgages that were never satisfied of record, boundary and easement problems, forged or improperly executed documents, and heirs with a claim. It's a one-time premium covering the life of your ownership.

Often, yes. If the prior policy is within the applicable time frame and we can obtain a copy, the reissue rate applies. Send the prior policy or the closing package with your order and we'll quote it both ways.