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Automated solution improves cycle time and reduces cost for tax and municipal lien search

The Client

A national leader for title and escrow services

Challenge

  • Lack of scalability using multiple vendors and processes for tax and municipal lien search
  • Diverse pipeline of cycle time requirements ranging from 30-90 days
  • Surge in REO/Default volume with extended time frames
  • No efficient tracking in place to ensure searches were current through variable closing dates

Solution

  • SmartTrak® solution used to streamline tax and municipal lien search processing nationwide
  • Created custom tracking algorithm between initial search and closing to automate search updates and block problem driven delays

Execution

  • All tax and municipal lien search request/queries centralizes for quicker handling times and better customer experience
  • Redesigned capacity plan with staggered shifts matched to volume flux
  • Proactively monitoring closings and providing automatic updates without customer intervention 5 Value Delivered Best-in-class cost control, fast turn time, and highly scalable

Value Delivered

  • Successfully managed volume flux while maintaining consistent quality and quick turn times across all cities and states with 30-fold efficiency lift
  • Reduced search costs by 40%
  • Eliminated the need for customer to maintain costly resources to handle prolonged REO/Default closing cycles
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