Our members provide all the back-office settlement services needed to close a residential real estate mortgage transaction. Some provide commercial settlement services as well. These services include: Title, appraisal, flood reporting, credit reporting, and closing management. We are the only professional association in the nation dedicated solely to meeting the specialized needs of this vital industry.

We concentrate our efforts in these key areas:

• Promoting the settlement services industry to media, government, user groups, and vendors. Every major industry in the U.S. has an advocate. TAVMA is proud to advocate the vendor management and settlement services sector of the title insurance industry.

• Protecting our members right to compete on a level playing field free of unfair and anti-competitive laws and regulations that inhibit interstate commerce. Building and participating in coalitions, TAVMA coordinate our industry's response to threats to our members rights to compete and to advance vendor management in the United States land title industry.

• Providing useful and timely information about legislative and regulatory threats to the industry, networking opportunities, and educational events.

Your support ensures that we will continue to be an industry voice for a level playing field and reasonable oversight.