Quality IS OUR SIGNATURE
Quality IS OUR SIGNATURE

About Us

Signature Title  is a full-service title company in the heart of Knoxville in Bearden providing a preeminent closing experience for both residential and commercial real estate transactions in the State of Tennessee.

With more than 45 years combined experience in the title industry, Signature Title provides expertise in all closing services, including escrow services, title examinations, and document preparation. It also educates its homeowners on the value of protecting their new investment with title insurance.

Signature Title is attorney owned and managed to provide the peace of mind that your closing is professional and accurate from the contract to the closing table. Every consumer, realtor and lender is important at Signature Title and every transaction of your most valuable asset is treated with the excellence it deserves.

Signature Title, Title Agent, Knoxville, TN

How Can We Help?

Realtors

Consumers
Lenders

ABOUT TITLE INSURANCE

An Owner’s Title Insurance policy (“Owner’s policy”) protects one’s ownership of real estate and the improvements located on the land. The real estate may be sold to you without the knowledge of the party having a right or claim in and to the property. In addition, you may purchase the real estate without having knowledge of these rights or claims. The rights or claims could remain attached to the title to the property that you are buying until they are extinguished.

Title Insurance provides coverage for future claims or losses due to title defects which are created by some past event prior to acquiring the property. The original premium is your only cost as long as you own the property.

In the event of a covered matter in the policy affecting your title, your insurance policy may protect you in various ways, including: (1) Defending your title, (2) Bearing the cost of settling the covered matter, or (3) Paying you for the loss due to the covered matter.

A Lender’s Title Insurance policy (“Lender’s policy”) protects the Lender and covers the outstanding balance on the loan, but it does not protect you as the homeowner. All major lenders require the borrower to purchase a Lender’s policy for the protection of the lender only.

 

As both a Buyer and Seller Designated Agent, I highly recommend Signature Title in Knoxville, Tennessee to all real estate agents and their customers/clients! The Signature Title Team is knowledgeable, professional, and handles every closing with care. My clients are always happy to use Jill, Mary Helen, and Erica for our transactions. If you are looking for a real estate title company, think Signature Title!

– Brenda Brewster, Fathom Realty

Signature Title is Knoxville’s premier title service. Mary Helen Story and Jill Sublett are an unstoppable team. They have years of service in the title business and are uniquely qualified to handle even the most problematic cases. They are responsive and always ready to lend their knowledge to help their clients achieve their goals. I know that when I need their wisdom or expertise, they are quick to answer and always provide useful, accurate information. I will never hesitate to refer my friends and colleagues to Mary Helen and Jill at Signature Title. They are the best this industry has to offer.

– Tim Howell, TN Land Development Services

Our Team

Mary Helen Story

Attorney, Partner-Owner, & Manager

  • Knoxville native
  • Farragut High School and UT graduate
  • Licensed to practice law in both Tennessee and Georgia

Mrs. Story is Signature Title’s on-site attorney, operating partner, and manager. She grew up in Farragut and received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee School of Law in 1996. She is a Vol fan and enjoys spending time with her daughter, Rebecca, a D1 Track and Field Coach at Tulane University in New Orleans and her son, Stacy, a college student at The Haslam School of Business at The University of Tennessee. Mrs. Story loves real estate law and is available to answer all of your title and real estate questions to make your closing go smoothly.

(865) 936-9188

Jill Sublett

Director of Escrow Services

  • UT graduate
  • Licensed Title Agent- 20 plus years in the industry
  • If I am not learning, I am teaching

Mrs. Sublett is responsible for overseeing our escrow accounts.  She handles our daily and monthly reconciliations, balancing and disbursements of files. She is a licensed title agent that works closely with our title underwriter, attorney, and auditors.  In addition to her escrow duties, she is one of our closing agents with superior understanding of the title industry. She loves a challenge and will go the extra mile to ensure that your closing is a success.

(865) 936-9188

Margaret Hemphill

Commitment and Policy Specialist

Angelica Perez

Closing Specialist and Processor

Cristy Howell

Closing Specialist

Jordan Garcia

Title Processor and Front Desk Coordinator

Stefanie Barnes

Senior Closing Specialist

Let’s Get Started!

5616 Kingston Pike, Ste. 201
Knoxville, TN 37919

Phone: (865) 936-9188
Fax:(865) 936-9180

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