Special Announcement:
National Software Partner Program
 

First-of-its-Kind Partnership allows WINForms® and ZipForm® Products to Interface with First American Services. In May 2004, First American Residential Group, Inc., a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies, announced the formation of a strategic marketing agreement with Real Estate Business Services, Inc. (REBS), a subsidiary of the California Association of REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the leading provider of residential real estate forms and incentive items to REALTORS^® The agreement establishes First American as REBS’ first WINForms®/ZipForm® national software partner, enabling WINForms® and ZipForm® products to interface with First American’s REALTOR®-focused multiple listing service (MLS), transaction management, and title and escrow processing platform.

“Interfacing our services with the products and tools that REALTORS® know and use is crucial,” said Stephen C. Roney, president and chief executive officer of First American Residential Group, Inc.  “Our goal is to facilitate transactions by eliminating redundant data entry through seamless electronic connections between all the elements required to close a deal.  The best way to accomplish this is to interface the common data fields in our products with the most pervasive and widely accepted electronic forms products in the industry: WINForms® and ZipForm®.”