Snohomish County

Keeping borrowers informed is a snap with Talon Escrow!

Extended closing dates have become the norm for this recent refinance boom. The Talon Group understands the importance of keeping your borrowers informed throughout the entire loan process and has developed a tool to accomplish this goal.

Our weekly client update tool makes it easy for loan originators to keep their borrowers informed from the time escrow is opened until the day the loan is closed! 

This unique communication tool combines the following features that can be easily managed by the loan originator or assistant.

• Provides a space for making comments to the borrower
• Completed escrow tasks along with items "To Do"
• General Loan Information with Loan Officer completed tasks
• Reminder of items needed from borrower to complete loan package
• Title report with supporting documents
• Educational resources and informative videos
• Tracks the history of what has been sent to the borrower
• Provides flexibility to limit what information is shown on the update

View our input screen to see how easy it is to consistently communicate with your borrowers when The Talon Group is chosen for your escrow and title needs.

How Social Media was successful in Election '08 and how it can work for you

This has been an historic election on many fronts. And no matter which campaign you were pulling for the use of social media as a fund raising and organizational tool to gain support was unprecedented. A recent posting on livemint.com by Ayeshea Perera states that,

Obama has successfully used social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. His website featured supportive user generated content from blogs, and sites such as youtube while also giving people space to express their support and leave comments on issues that were most relevant to them.

According to readwriteweb.com, there is some significant data to back this up. The winning campaign was largely successful in this strategy due to the demographics which tend to make up a large portion of todays democratic voters. How does this apply to you? Today's market has made it a great time for first time home buyers to jump in and take advantage of having more buying power, lower rates, and higher inventory. Many of these first time buyers fall into that very demographic that taps into the social media which was so successful in spreading the President-elect's message. A recent article on msn.com highlights why Seattle is especially attractive to first time home buyers while other parts of the country may not be. The following is an excerpt from this article:

Dawn and Michael Kessay purchased their first home in Seattle recently and enjoyed the best of both worlds -- a good selection and relatively risk-free pricing. Their agent, Sheryl McLaren, believes that despite the grim national news, this is still a good market for first-time buyers with strong credit.

Lesson to be learned . . . there is a large database of potential clients available through social media so take advantage!

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