Ticor Title opens in Moses Lake
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month AGO
The team at Ticor Title’s Moses Lake branch, from left: Danna Martinez, Krissy Moreno, Madison Judkins, Natalie Garland, Steve Martinez, Jen Clampitt, Dylan Strait and Jaime Villareal.
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Steve Martinez, branch manager at the Moses Lake office of Ticor Title, cuts the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday amid a shower of confetti, surrounded by his team and members of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.
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MOSES LAKE — The new Moses Lake office of Ticor Title Company held a ribbon-cutting Tuesday with the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, welcoming the local business community to meet the team.
Branch Manager Steve Martinez has been in the title and escrow business for 15 years, he said. He had just started work at REC Silicon when that company ran into financial difficulties at its Moses Lake plant.
“They started taking voluntary layoffs,” Martinez said. “I had already started dabbling in (title and escrow) with my wife, and I liked it. I loved the work, so I started at the very bottom of the industry and worked my way up through the years.”
Martinez’ wife, Danna Martinez, had begun working in the title and escrow field about a year and a half earlier, Steve Martinez said. The two of them worked together at another local title company before opening the Ticor office in November. Danna now works with her husband at the Ticor Title branch.
Ticor Title is a member of the Fidelity National Financial family of companies, the largest group of title companies and title insurance underwriters in the U.S., according to its website. Ticor has 12 other offices in Washington state, including one in the Tri-Cities. The Moses Lake office will be the only other Ticor location in central Washington.
“I’ve been a Realtor for 10 years now, and (I’ve worked with) Steve and Danna literally ever since I started,” said Tara Zerbo, a broker at Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Mann Realty. “I’ve had nothing but wonderful experiences with them, and exceptional customer service.”
Ticor Title
1626 W. Broadway Ave.
Moses Lake
509-491-6630
Steve Martinez, branch manager at the Moses Lake office of Ticor Title, cuts the ceremonial ribbon Tuesday amid a shower of confetti, surrounded by his team and members of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.ARTICLES BY JOEL MARTIN
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