The survey your closing is waiting on.
When a lender or title company requests a survey for a residential closing, this is usually the one. We confirm the home sits safely within its property lines and deliver it on the timeline your deal needs to close.
What the closing actually requires.
A mortgage or title survey confirms that the house, driveway, and other permanent improvements sit safely within the property lines. It explicitly highlights anything crossing those lines, such as a misplaced fence or an encroachment. Lenders and title companies rely on this data to clear your survey closing conditions.
It is a focused survey aimed at the closing file. However, you can easily add on physical corner markers, just as you would for a full boundary survey.
A real sample, in full color.
A real ELS mortgage / title survey, drawn in color so lenders, title, and homeowners can read it at a glance.
View the full sample (PDF)Opens in a new tab.When a mortgage / title survey is the right call.
Closing on a home purchase
Title companies often require a survey to confirm the improvements sit where they should before they insure the title.
CommonRefinancing your mortgage
Some lenders ask for a current survey or a survey affidavit before they will fund the refinance.
Time-sensitiveClearing a title exception
When the title commitment flags a survey matter, this survey gives the company what it needs to remove the exception.
CommonConfirming there are no encroachments
It reveals if a neighbor's fence, shed, or driveway crosses your property line before you close.
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Everything that comes with a mortgage / title survey from ELS.
- 1A clear, color-coded survey that visually maps out your home and structures against the exact property lines
- 2Encroachments identified fences, sheds, or driveways that cross a property line are shown.
- 3The certification your title company needs addressed to the lender and title company on the file.
- 4Direct delivery to the closing sent straight to your attorney or title company.
- 5Revisions within one business day on any open item before the closing date.
Made for the closing table.
We understand exactly what lenders and title companies demand because top real estate professionals trust us with their closings every single week. We deliver surveys formatted perfectly for your file the first time—eliminating delays and keeping your closing on track.
Delivered as a crisp, color drawing and sealed by a licensed New Jersey Professional Land Surveyor, our documents are clear enough for an attorney to explain to a client and legally ironclad for title underwriting.
When title updates are needed just 48 hours before closing, you’ll hear back from us the very same morning. We actively track every open item until the survey is securely in the file and your closing is cleared to proceed.
From quote to a cleared closing.
Request a quote
Send the address and the closing date. We reply within one business day with a flat fee.
Field work
Our crew locates the improvements and checks them against the property lines.
Drafting and review
We draft the survey in color, and a licensed PLS reviews it before it is signed and sealed.
Delivery
The signed and sealed survey with certifications goes straight to your attorney or title company.
Mortgage / title survey questions, answered.
Request a quote in under two minutes.
Send the property address, the type of survey you think you need, and a closing date if there is one. We’ll come back within one business day with a flat fee and a target delivery window.