Advantage Title - About Advantage Title

At Advantage Title, our dedicated team of professionals is 100% committed to the success of your every transaction. That commitment starts at the executive level and is one of the many reasons our business has grown exponentially for over 20 years.

We are a different kind of title company. When we say we offer personalized service, we mean it. Our clients enjoy direct access to our president and CEO Joseph M. Willen. Because we are family owned, we are extremely hands-on. Our strong relationships with many of the top underwriters give our clients tremendous security and flexibility. This competitive advantage is just one more reason why Advantage is better able to help our clients attain their goals. Our professionalism and years of experience virtually eliminate unnecessarily costly and inefficient transactions and ensure smooth ones.

Top law firms, institutional lenders, builders, brokers and developers continue to put their trust in Advantage because they know we are experts who are obsessed with excellence, speed and accuracy whether we are working on a national, international, residential or commercial deal. Our hard work, expertise, attention to detail, and high level of professionalism set the standard in the title insurance industry.

Corporate History

Advantage Title was founded by CEO and president, Joe Willen, in 1987 with three employees. Over the years we have grown to over 150 professionals, with a talented in-house legal team who have regional, national, and international title capabilities. In 2007, The Advantage Group of affiliated companies was formed and we opened an additional office in Manhattan. The Advantage Group is comprised of Advantage Title, Advantage Foreclosure, Advantage Legal, Advantage Settlement and the Mortgage Advantage.

Underwriters

At Advantage Title we know we are only as strong as our resources, so we only affiliate ourselves with the top underwriters in the title insurance industry. The following five underwriters have achieved the highest rating for financial stability and reserves by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s:

First American Title Insurance Company of New York
Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
Stewart Title

Recent Notable Transactions

Multi-State
Advantage Title participated as a co-insurer of a recent complex Sharia-compliant refinance project involving nineteen properties located throughout the United States. The project liability totaled in excess of $550,000,000.00.

Seattle, WA
Advantage Title was the insurer of an $83,000,000.00 Class A office building transaction.

Multi-State
Advantage Title was a leading co-insurer as part of a $22,200,000,000.00 multi-family real estate investment trust buy-out. The title insurance covered approximately 200 properties across the United States.

Boston, MA
Advantage Title insured the acquisition and financing of three separate large multi-family affordable housing complexes throughout the Boston, Massachusetts area, assuming a liability exceeding $100,000,000.00.

Multi-State
Advantage Title insured a 57 site national portfolio, involving properties in North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia, entailing the acquisition of partnership interest, financing and redevelopment of portfolio properties.

New York, NY
Advantage Title co-insured a $134,000,000.00 acquisition of a commercial building by a major university located in downtown Manhattan.

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