Established Title & Settlement Company, 40-Year Westmoreland County PA Operator

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This is a 40-plus year old title settlement and deed transfer company based in Westmoreland County, PA, that pairs traditional title work (title searches, escrow, closings, deed transfers) with a real estate brokerage arm staffed by affiliated licensed agents. The combined model lets the business serve a client from listing all the way through closing under one roof, which drives referrals and repeat work that a standalone title shop would not capture. The company runs over 600 transactions a year with a team of six (four full-time, two part-time).

The revenue mix is roughly 60% title and settlement and 40% brokerage. On $590,000 of revenue the business reportedly throws off $560,000 in cash flow, a margin that is extraordinarily high and warrants scrutiny (more on that below). The asking price of $850,000 includes the owned office real estate, valued at $453,000, meaning the operating business plus goodwill is effectively being priced around $397,000, or well under 1x stated cash flow.

Title and settlement volume is directly tied to real estate transaction activity, which rises and falls with interest rates and housing turnover. That cyclicality, combined with a founder-led operation and a reported margin that looks too good to be true, makes this a deal where the headline multiple is attractive but the earnings and transferability need hard verification before anyone writes a check.