A method for generating a title report for a target real estate parcel includes the steps of gathering
data records pertaining to real estate parcels from a plurality of disparate sources, storing the gathered
data records in a common format within a
computer database, indexing the commonly formatted
data records within the
computer database to facilitate searching, searching the indexed data records within the
computer database for data records pertaining to a target real estate parcel, selecting at least one
record of data pertaining to the target real estate parcel, electronically abstracting pre-selected data directly into an associated file while simultaneously viewing said
record and generating a title report containing the pre-selected data in a predefined format. A
system for generating a title report for a target real estate parcel includes a computer
database containing data records from a plurality of disparate sources, wherein the data records pertain to real estate parcels and are commonly formatted within the
database. The
system further includes
a search algorithm for searching the computer
database for data records pertaining to a target real estate parcel and a report building
algorithm for electronically abstracting pre-selected data directly into an associated file and generating a title report containing said pre-selected data.