Commercial Products and Services

First American serves commercial customers from regional service centers across the nation. Each one offers single-point service for every client, regardless of size, complexity, or geographic diversity of the properties. Our service centers offer expert handling of the simplest transactions to the most complicated multiproperty/multistate commercial transactions, providing personalized and individualized service for every client and every situation.

Title and Settlement Services

Title Insurance - Commercial
Offers commercial property buyers, lenders and others protection against losses from certain title issues, provided through responsive title underwriting, closing and recording services on simple to the most complex commercial transactions.
Title Insurance - Homebuilders
Provides homebuyers and lenders with vital protection against losses from certain title issues that are undiscoverable from public records, including forgery, fraud, and liens – problems that might limit a homeowner’s use and enjoyment of their property.
Escrow Settlement Services - Commercial
A neutral third party that closes the transaction upon satisfaction of the conditions in the contract.
Short-Form Commercial Loan Policy
A one-page ALTA loan policy that reduces lender costs by eliminating many due diligence requirements and incorporating lender endorsements by reference.
1099 Reporting
Manages the details of real estate tax reporting requirements.
EagleStatus™
Customized, Web-based escrow/closing status system for home building professionals.
ExpressMap®
An innovative and cost-effective alternative to an ALTA/ACSM land title survey.
FasTrax
Simplifies post-closing activities and improves your productivity and profitability, by streamlining the tracking and receiving of release/satisfaction documents for loans you are currently paying off.
PayoffAssist
An online directory containing contact and merger information on thousands of lenders to assist in obtaining a payoff statement.
Signature Services - Homebuilders
Offers homebuilders a variety of options to customize closings for their buyers.

1031 Exchange Services

Delayed Exchanges
A 1031 tax-deferred exchange allows disposition of investment properties and acquisition of "like-kind" properties while deferring federal capital gains taxes.
Improvement / Build-to-Suit Exchanges
Ensures the critical function of Qualified Intermediary is carried out with exceptional service and security when a taxpayer wants to acquire replacement property and build improvements on it during the exchange period.
Personal Property Exchanges
Provides the opportunity to defer capital gains taxes and depreciation recapture.
Reverse Exchanges
Assists with the entire transaction when a taxpayer wants to acquire replacement property before closing on a relinquished property. Includes setting up a separate entity as the EAT and acting as the Qualified Intermediary.

Due Diligence

ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey and Coordination Services
Serving the commercial real estate market for more than 25 years, First American has grown into the nation's largest provider of ALTA/ACSM multi-state, multi-site land title surveys delivered through our in-house registered surveying staff and our preferred partners.
Automated Valuation Models (AVMs)
Commercial Evaluation Services is an industry leader in developing evaluation reports and services for the commercial real estate market, providing a variety of evaluation reporting services.
Construction Lending Reports
Include the current vested owner of record, property tax information and status, open voluntary and involuntary liens of record, judgments and pendency action against the property, and a plat/parcel/survey map if applicable.
Deferred Maintenance Assessments
Contain information about a structure and its components vital to investment and finance decision making. The DMA report provides appropriate due diligence for a real estate transaction.
Environmental Action Analysis Report
A computer-generated environmental risk assessment report.
Environmental Historical Records and Regulatory Database Review Report
An environmental database and historical data review report that includes an environmental professional's recommendations.
Environmental Regulatory Database Review
An environmental database review report that includes an environmental professional's recommendations.
Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I)
The first step in the environmental due diligence process.
Environmental Site Assessments (Phase II)
A subsurface investigation report that includes the collection of soil and/or groundwater samples to be analyzed quantitatively for contamination at levels above state and/or federal guidelines.
Flood Elevation Certificates
Certifies elevations for buildings located in a Special Flood Hazard Area in order to determine the proper flood insurance premium rate or support a "Letter of Map Amendment" (LOMA) or "Letter of Map Revision based on a Bill" (LOMR-F).
Fund Control
Risk mitigation and inspections for any type of construction project or portfolio asset.
Holding Escrow
Custom escrow transactions with little to no time or condition constraints.
Operations and Maintenance Plan
A guide to help control potential human exposure to asbestos fibers and lead-based paint.
Probable Maximum Loss Report
An estimate of the largest loss that a building is likely to suffer because of an earthquake. The maximum expected loss is expressed as a percentage of the building's value.
Property Condition Assessments
Information about a structure and its components vital to investment and finance decision making. The PCA report provides appropriate due diligence for a real estate transaction.
Site Development Services
Enhanced ALTA survey (pre-construction ALTA) including Table A items 5 & 11(b) along with our site development requirements.
Transaction Screen Assessments
A limited environmental screening report that uses a standardized format.
Wireless Telecommunication Surveys
Customized "hybrid" ALTA survey detailing the relationship between the parent parcel and lease area. Also depicts interior lease area details such as cable trays, shelter and the tower itself. Typically accompanied by a 1A letter.
Zoning Reports
A customized zoning information report that contains everything you need for your transaction.

Disclosure Reports

Natural Hazard Disclosure Report
Property disclosure reports for natural hazard, tax, environmental and other concerns from the nation's leading provider.

Foreclosure Title Services

Foreclosure Information Report
A solution for lenders, loan servicers and foreclosing counsel to assist in managing costs, accuracy rates, timelines and service. Also helps identify title issues that can delay resale post-foreclosure.

Loss Mitigation Title Services

Property Reports - Commercial
A current owner search uniform report that allows quick and efficient reviews.

Non-National Foreclosure Title Services

Commercial Foreclosure Services -- Southwest
National Foreclosure Title Services has a well-established history, knowledge and expertise in commercial foreclosure services for Arizona, California and Nevada.

UCC Services

EAGLE 9® UCC Insurance Policy for Buyers
Answers the critical question of whether any liens follow and are still attached when buying personal property outside of the ordinary course of business. Insures that the acquired assets are free of lien.
EAGLE 9® UCC Lenders Insurance Policy
Does more than protect lenders and their counsel from risks associated with attachment, perfection and priority under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code -- it can give a lender the assurance needed to move forward with a transaction and close the deal.
EAGLE 9® UCC Foreclosure Notice Policy
Enables a foreclosing creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 to meet certain statutory requirements for a commercially reasonable notice.
EAGLE 9® UCC Vacation Interest Policy
Coordinated products and services such as UCC Insurance, 1031 Tax-deferred Exchange, and ALTA Survey and ExpressMap® services ordered with a commercial policy of insurance can translate into timely closings and reduced transaction costs.
The Insured Search™
Combines the benefit of First American expertise with peace of mind protection -- the first effective insured search product offered.
The Insured Filing™
Combines the benefit of First American expertise with peace of mind protection -- the first effective insured filing product offered.
EAGLE 9® UCC NY Cooperative Interest Policy
Based on New York's unique provisions to its Uniform Commercial Code, insures the ownership of the debtor's cooperative interest in a cooperative organization.
EAGLE 9® Policies in Canada including Quebec
A full range of indemnity insurance products insuring liens in personal property in the Common Law provinces of Canada and under the Civil Law of Quebec. Offered through our subsidiary First Canadian Title.

Software Solutions

Custom Software Solutions
First American's Software Solutions Group provides custom software solutions for the real estate and financial services industries, including application and database development, system integrations, and Web design. We specialize in integrations with products and services that facilitate real estate and mortgage transactions.
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