First American Title Announces AgentFirst Real Estate App For iPhone and iPad
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April 27, 2010,
SANTA ANA, Calif.
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First American Title Insurance Company, a
leading provider of title insurance and settlement services and the
largest subsidiary of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), today
announced that its AgentFirst™ app for iPhone®, iPad™ and iPod touch® devices is now available for free download from the App StoreSM.
The new
AgentFirst app gives real estate and lending professionals mobile
access to the nation’s largest source of property and ownership
information, which covers 97 percent of all U.S. real estate
transactions. With First American Title’s new AgentFirst app, users
with active AgentFirst accounts can easily look up property addresses
while in the field to gain access to complete property information and
characteristics, historic sales information, tax data and more.
“We are
very excited about the potential the AgentFirst app offers to increase
the efficiency of our highly mobile work force,” said Stefan Peterson,
director of operations of Zip Realty, which serves 35 major markets in
22 states and employs more than 3,000 agents. “In our view, the more
steps of the real estate transaction that can be completed away from
the desktop, the better.”
First
American Title’s new AgentFirst app also allows users to place customer
service orders for complimentary property profiles and recorded
documents around the clock. Users can receive orders back on their
iPhone via email or within the secure AgentFirst website.
According to a 2010 study conducted by the National Association of REALTORS® Center for REALTOR®
Technology, more than 85 percent of real estate agents say they use a
smartphone to conduct real estate business. Of those, 26 percent
indicated that they currently use an iPhone, while another 15 percent
stated that they are likely to switch to an iPhone within the next 12
months.
“Our new
AgentFirst app gives iPhone users unprecedented mobile access to real
estate data while enabling them to connect instantly with their local
title sales representative,” said Larry Godec, chief information
officer for First American. “We are committed to giving our customers
the data and services they need, when and where they need them, so we
are actively working to extend the mobile AgentFirst experience to
other popular devices as well.”
The AgentFirst app is currently available at no charge from the App Store at http://itunes.com/apps/agentfirstrealestate.
For more information, or to establish an AgentFirst account, real
estate professionals may contact their local First American Title sales
representative.
AgentFirst
is a trademark of First American Title Insurance Company. iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S.
and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple, Inc.
About First American Title Insurance Company
First
American Title Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of The First
American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), traces its history to 1889. One of
the largest title insurers in the nation, the company offers title
services through its direct operations and an extensive network of
agents throughout the United States and abroad. The company has its
headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif. Information about The First American
Corporation’s subsidiaries and an archive of its press releases can be
found on the Internet at www.firstam.com.