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You are making some assumptions there that would be apparent if you worked in the industry (which I don’t, to be clear). For example, people absolutely need a title search done when they buy a home, if nothing else so they know that they aren’t dealing with a scammer who doesn’t own the property, and to make sure they know there aren’t any nasty easements that you wouldn’t want to live with.
I understand that TODAY the title search process is a total shitshow because of a bunch of disparate data sources, so you need someone to track things down. I've never done a title search personally because that's not my job, i'm a tech worker though and understand how technology works.
Zero reason why this couldn't be in a database somewhere at a nationwide level and mandatory for real estate transactions. It might take years to do the transition, but it could be done. It could have been started in 2008 when the market crashed as part of mortgage reform and already be here today, 18 years later.. but it wasn't.
It's like turbotax and all the tax preparers stopping us from moving to another option, because they lobby the government to avoid changing it so they can keep money. It's a racket. The government already has the data sources to know what your transactions were. For most people who are W2 employees without special circumstances they know everything without you needing to input it.
Any time there's a big money transaction the bullshit leeches come in and try to make a living off of a niche specialty because their payday is a small portion of the overall transaction. It's in nearly every single aspect of our lives. It's the credit card processors, it's the bank overdraft fees and minimum balance fees, it's every house and auto transaction, it's nearly every legal process. It's in health insurance with MASSIVE contracts negotiated with any business of any real size out there. You name it, some bullshit exists to make you pay more. Just because it is the way it works today does NOT mean it needs to be the way it works in the future. If we just look at our problems and say "well that's the way it works, and I won't make more money by changing it" we'll never improve anything.
You might understand how tech works, but I am guessing you need a project manager to actually get something done for a business. There are so many problems with what you said, and I don't even necessarily disagree with your premise.
Either way, a title search isn't a realtors job anyways, they just recommend a title company. Anyone can do this themselves, and typically a lender is the one who will want to be sure it's done.