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Anywhere Real Estate Escrow Officer (San Francisco) in San Francisco, California
16018BR
Escrow Officer (San Francisco)
San Francisco
California
Job Description
Escrow Officer
Upward Title and Closing is seeking escrow talent to help establish our footprint in the Greater San Francisco real estate market. As an escrow officer, you’re the human link between our process and people. You’re there at the beginning, reviewing contracts and following instructions. You’re there in the middle, ensuring that all the associated paperwork is completed efficiently and accurately. You’re working with agents and their clients to keep the process moving forward, verifying that titles are clean, taxes are paid, and loans are funded. Finally, you’re there at the end, to assure that no funds or property will change hands until all terms have been carried to completion.
The ideal candidate for this role must be comfortable using an all-digital approach utilizing virtual closing programs while still delivering best in class customer service to agents and homebuyers.
Who you are:
Trusted consultant, maintaining a positive, can-do attitude that gives agents and homebuyers alike the confidence that their transaction is in reliable, good hands and will be completed on time.
Problem solver, using your industry knowledge to identify potential issues; recognizing what’s wrong, knowing how to fix it and avoiding unnecessary delays.
Constant learner, staying on top of changing rules and regulations to avoid setbacks and enable transactions to close on time.
People reader, recognizing and adapting to an agent’s or homebuyer’s personality and mood to make them feel comfortable, even when delivering bad news; showing empathy to ease their frustration and give them confidence that you’re in their corner.
Multi-tasker, highly organized, being able to work a large number of contracts with numerous agents, buyers and sellers simultaneously under deadline pressure
Your responsibilities:
Jack – or Jill – of all trades: Knowing the intricacies of the contract from beginning to end, ensuring that it is closed in a timely, efficiently and error-free manner.
Devoted to detail: Verifying all paperwork is complete so that escrow closes on time and correctly including reviewing title commitments and raising title issues to be cleared.
Following the money: Working with lenders and underwriters to ensure that all the I’s are dotted, and T’s are crossed to fund and complete transactions.
Relationship building: Establishing and maintaining relationships with essential industry players – agents, attorneys, lenders, surveyors and government agencies – that enable you to smoothly manage transactions.
Business builder: Reaching out to new agents, earning their confidence and trust and creating opportunities to market our business; retaining agents by providing them with white-glove service.
Talent builder: Training escrow assistants to open opportunities for advancement; delegating, auditing work answering questions and giving direction.
Sealing the deal: Being present at closing and making it a positive, memorable experience for agents and buyers.
Qualifications:
What you must have:
Experience: Two to three years of escrow experience, both front- and back-end experience.
Certification: Notary public required.
Industry awareness: Technical knowledge of closing process.
Computer skills: Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
Communications skills: Strong written and verbal skills to keep agents, buyers, sellers and all other parties up to date with the process and work with them to resolve issues.
Travel: Ability to be mobile including meeting clients for closings at various locations (Brokerage offices, shared workspaces and other locations dedicated to Upward closings).
What we’d like you to have
One year of escrow closing experience.
An existing client base that will follow them to our company.
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Employment Type
Full-time
Company
Upward Title and Closing
About Us
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (http://www.anywhere.re/) (NYSE: HOUS) is on a mission to empower everyone’s next move. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate (https://www.bhgre.com/) , Century 21® (https://www.century21.com/) , Coldwell Banker® (https://www.coldwellbanker.com/) , Coldwell Banker Commercial® (https://www.cbcworldwide.com/) , Corcoran® (https://www.corcoran.com/) , ERA® (https://www.era.com/) , and Sotheby's International Realty® (https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng) - the Anywhere portfolio includes franchise and brokerage operations as well as national title, settlement, and relocation companies and nationally scaled mortgage origination and underwriting joint ventures. Anywhere is focused on simplifying, digitizing and integrating the real estate transaction for all consumers, no matter where they may be in their home buying and selling journey. With innovative products and technology, Anywhere fuels the productivity of its approximately 196,200 independent sales agents in the US and approximately 136,400 independent sales agents in 118 other countries and territories.
At Anywhere, diversity fuels success – for our company and for our employees. We strive to be the preferred company for diverse talent, committed to creating an inclusive environment that encourages everyone to succeed. We pursue talent – strategic thinkers who are eager to innovate, focused on execution and accountable for results. We value diversity – respecting backgrounds, cultures, perspectives.
You’ll find our commitment to diversity reflected in our achievements:
Recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies since 2011
Anywhere has also been designated a Great Place to Work since 2019
Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies in the US.
Honored by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers for Diversity and Top Female Friendly Companies.
With diversity, we succeed together. We hope you’ll join us.
Upward Title and Closing is a full-service title and settlement company providing real estate brokers the opportunity to grow their business – delivering a transparent, stress-free closing experience to agents and clients alike. Every time.
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