Houlihan Lokey Advises Futura Title & Escrow

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JM Family) has purchased Futura Title & Escrow LLC (Futura) from Seidler Equity Partners and members of the Futura management team. The transaction closed on July 14, 2022.

JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a privately held company with over $18 billion in revenue and more than 4,700 associates, announced its acquisition of Futura Title & Escrow LLC, a family of leading independent title and escrow companies providing superior customer service in the Pacific Northwest.

Futura was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho. It is the largest independent title and escrow group in the Pacific Northwest with 700 associates and is actively seeking to grow its footprint. The company currently has four unique brands serving high-growth real estate markets and operating 72 branches: Alliance Title & Escrow, AmeriTitle, Pacific Alliance Title, and Kittitas Title and Escrow. Together, they offer single source solutions for title and escrow services on real estate transactions for clients in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Wyoming across 63 counties. Futura’s family of companies opened more than 100,000 title orders last year.

Futura, through its centralized platform, provides a single point of contact for national and regional customers’ title and escrow transactions. Futura enhances customers’ success by partnering to understand their ever-evolving workflows; providing viable solutions; keeping abreast of housing industry trends; and harnessing top-of-the-line technology. From first-time homebuyers to builder/developer projects, customers enjoy a level of experience and service that is unsurpassed.

JM Family was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is strategically positioned with considerable capital to make long-term investments and acquisitions that will position companies for continued success. Driven by exceptional performance, current subsidiaries are in the automotive, financial services and franchising industries, including Southeast Toyota Distributors, JM&A Group, World Omni Financial Corp. (dba Southeast Toyota Finance), JM Lexus, Home Franchise Concepts®, and Futura. JM Family’s current focus areas for growth include franchise services, financial services and business services, as well as continued investment in its core auto business.

Seidler Equity Partners and its affiliates have been investing in market-leading companies since 1992. Seidler aligns with business founders and management teams to achieve long-term growth objectives while preserving company culture. Headquartered in Marina del Rey, California, Seidler also has an office in Sydney, Australia and currently has $3.5 billion of assets under management.

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive financial advisor to Futura and Seidler Equity Partners and assisted in structuring and negotiating the transaction. The transaction highlights Houlihan Lokey's continued position as a leading advisor within the title insurance sector which sits at the nexus of the broader mortgage, insurance and real estate services practices.