I'm with you. I will not lower fees, but it is hard to raise them, even though we should. I ran these numbers here several months ago, but let me show them again. In 1978 we were getting 25-35 for a back title search or lien check. In todays dollars that would be 72.50-101.50. We were getting 60 for a full search, today that would be 174.00. We are not charging fees this high.
Just for fun, I checked on closing fees, at the time the title companies got about 80, that would be 232 now, about in line with todays prices.
We were just lucky to enter a field that has not kept up with inflation.
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