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Title Insurers Had Record 2003; Preparing for More Modest Pace This Year

2003 may have been the best money-making year ever for Orange County title insurers, despite a widely publicized bust in home loan refinancing as the year wore on.

Industry sources said they are bracing for more consolidation now that the heady days are over.

The county's 15 largest title insurers handled $94.9 billion in OC transactions last year, a 41% rise from a year earlier, according to this week's Business Journal list.

The list ranks the companies by the dollar value of all local transactions they insured. Deal data was provided by Anaheim-based First American Real Estate Solutions, a unit of Santa Ana-based ...

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