Our previous experience with Stewart Title in Corpus Christi was a disaster. They never removed the previous mortgage, and their answer was to transfer the title to them, lazy, unprofessional, court jester are words that I would use to describe them. I was weary of dealing with Stewart again, unfortunately that was where we wound up on a current house purchase. Here is a list of items that have gone wrong to date (I can't see what will go wrong at closing)
- Won't accept a wire until the day of close "We have no mechanism to hold the money." Hello - that's called Escrow
- Will only accept a Notary company that the know, or you have two options, pay their service almost $200 for an "Authorized" notary. If we choose to use someone else, I was told it was contingent upon agent accepting it. (News flash - Texas statute doesn't give any Title company the power to refuse a notary)
- Other requirements are at the whim of the closing agent
- Probably the most rude company I've ever dealt with. read more