Commercial Title & Escrow Assistant

First American Title Company; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401k

Paid time off

Job summary

First American Title Company in Chicago is seeking a Commercial Title Assistant to support our growing title team. You will assist with escrow accounts, file maintenance, and the preparation of title documents to ensure timely closings for transactions ranging from single-site to multi-site commercial real estate.

The role requires attention to detail, reliable communication, and at least a high school diploma with 2+ years of commercial title experience preferred.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of commercial title experience preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency with MS Office.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Support the closing process of commercial real estate transactions by assisting with administering escrow accounts, making deposits, issuing checks, building, and disbursing wires, preparing invoices, routing title comments and underwriting requests, ordering title and tax updates, assembling and calculating pricing information, recording fees and transfer tax information.
• Maintain project status spreadsheet to track all deliverables from commitment stage to delivery of policy by daily monitoring of email correspondence between all parties.
• Search, examine, and interpret commercial real estate documents.
• Audit calculations and legal documents for accuracy.
• Communicate recording information and prepare legal property documents such as endorsements and supplementals.
• Conduct title research to compile chain of title.
• Create title files and prepare endorsements and supplemental documents.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Detail oriented

Research

Team player

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Office

Job description

First American Title Company in Chicago is seeking a Commercial Title Assistant to support our growing title team. You will assist with escrow accounts, file maintenance, and the preparation of title documents to ensure timely closings for transactions ranging from single-site to multi-site commercial real estate.

The role requires attention to detail, reliable communication, and at least a high school diploma with 2+ years of commercial title experience preferred.