title insurance escrow information commercial escrow terms & phrases glossary words phrases & definitions buyers sellers history services about us in 1876 a group of conveyancers met in a small office in pennsylvania to incorporate one of the world s first title insurance companies the real estate title insurance company of philadelphia . later that same year they issued the first modern title insurance policy and with it an industry was born . we know the company today as commonwealth land title insurance company . commonwealth is now a proud member of the fidelity national financial inc. nyse fnf family of title companies which collectively represent the largest title insurance and escrow services company in the world . welcome to commonwealth from the simplest residential closing to the most complex commercial real estate transactions commonwealth is committed to providing unmatched expertise and exceptional customer service . our goal is to help lenders builders developers attorneys and real estate professionals grow and succeed . and for our residential customers we insure protection for your most important asset your home . in addition to title insurance escrow and closing services we provide an array of title related services and specialty finance solutions . if you are interested in learning more about any of these title related services please use the office locator feature to contact your local commonwealth representative . title related services reconveyances recordings attorney services flood certification credit reporting collection & trust trustee sales guarantees real estate tax service foreclosure publishing & posting exchange intermediary services real estate information & technology services specialty finance solutions originating funding purchasing selling securitizing equipment lease servicing office locator county all allegheny baltimore bergen boulder buncombe chittenden clark cleveland contra costa cumberland dallas dauphin dekalb delta denver district of columbia douglas dupage eagle el paso fairfax fairfield fredericksburg fulton hamilton harris hartford hennepin henrico hillsborough howard hunterdon jackson jefferson johnson kaufman larimer los angeles maricopa mecklenburg mesa middlesex new hanover new york orange philadelphia providence richland richmond riverside roanoke routt san diego shelby suffolk tarrant union wake waukesha weld williamson state all alabama alaska arizona arkansas california colorado connecticut district of columbia delaware florida georgia hawaii idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts michigan minnesota mississippi missouri montana nebraska nevada new hampshire new jersey new mexico new york north carolina north dakota ohio oklahoma oregon pennsylvania rhode island south carolina south dakota tennessee texas utah vermont virginia washington west virginia wisconsin wyoming copyright 2009 2016 commonwealth land title insurance company . all rights reserved . ofac sdn search privacy policy webmaster contact the statements made on this web page and any page that follows within the commonwealth land title insurance company website are not intended and shall not be construed to expressly or impliedly issue or deliver any form of written guaranty affirmation indemnification or certification of any fact insurance coverage or conclusion of law .