Escrow Accommodation method and system

An escrow accommodation device comprising:

• means for contacting at least one escrow company to suggest providing escrow services from a remote location via a videoconferencing system;
• means for contacting a non-escrow company to suggest allowing remote escrow services to be provided at an office of the non-escrow company via the videoconferencing system, wherein the non-escrow company is a company not configured to regularly provide escrow services;
• and
• means for establishing for the provision of escrow services by the escrow company to an individual located at said office of the non-escrow company via the videoconferencing system disposed between one escrow company and the non-escrow company, wherein the means for establishing for the provision of escrow services comprise a computing device configured to run customized escrow applications customized for the non-escrow company based on input received from at least one of an escrow agent, a customer, a broker, and a third party;
• wherein the videoconferencing system is configured to display a list of available escrow companies for performing escrow services and fees associated with available escrow companies, the list of available escrow companies customizable based on at least one of customer data and broker data, and the videoconferencing system is further configured to facilitate an escrow opening meeting online between the individual and the escrow company when selected by the individual from the list of available escrow companies.

An escrow accommodation system, comprising:

• a central server configured to communicate with a videoconferencing arrangement, the videoconferencing arrangement comprising:
• an escrow company videoconferencing station established at a contracted escrow company location;
• a non-escrow company videoconferencing station established at a contracted non-escrow company location, wherein the non-escrow company videoconferencing station comprises a computing device configured to run customized escrow applications customized for one non-escrow company based on input received from at least one of an escrow agent, a customer, a broker, a third party;
• wherein the non-escrow company videoconferencing station is configured to display a list of available escrow companies for performing escrow services and fees associated with available escrow companies, the list of available escrow companies customizable based on at least one of customer data and broker data, and the non-escrow company videoconferencing station is further configured to facilitate an escrow opening meeting online between an individual and an escrow company when selected by the individual from the list of available escrow companies.