How escrow and title work in Texas
Most Texas home sales close at a title company or title agency that searches the county records, issues the title commitment and acts as settlement agent; real estate attorneys also handle closings, especially on commercial or complicated transactions.
Title insurance premiums in Texas are promulgated by the Texas Department of Insurance, so the basic rate for a policy is the same whichever title company you choose — service, speed and the quality of the title examination are what set companies apart.
Below you will find 17 companies serving Texas — offices in Santa Barbara, Dallas, Houston, Dalhart and elsewhere. Names and websites change through mergers and acquisitions; entries whose websites no longer work are kept as plain text for reference.
Before a closing is scheduled, lenders, investors and closing agents often order a Texas property title search to see the vesting deed, open mortgages, liens and judgments recorded with the county clerk, so problems can be cleared before the title commitment is issued.
Texas title and escrow companies
- Davick ServicesProviding fast professional title abstracting and legal research in Lubbock county and 35 surrounding counties.
- University Title CompanyUniversity Title Insurance Company, providing expert title insurance and real estate closing.
- Alamo Title Insurance Company Santa Barbara
- American Title Company Dallas
- Capital Title of Texas
- Centraland Title Company
- Chicago Title Agency of Houston Houston
- Cole Title Company
- Dalhart Abstract Company Dalhart
- Gracy Title Austin
- Republic Title of Texas, Inc. Plano
- San Jacinto Title Company Corpus Christi
- Stewart Information Services Corporation Houston
- Texas American Title Company Houston
- Texas Land Title Association Austin
- Title Records Corporation Dallas
- Universal Land Title Companies Flower Mound
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