A Bit About Our Home

There was a young boy cleaning the counter at a local candy store in Downtown Brooklyn. He was the son of an Italian immigrant, just a skinny kid who possessed a great personality and a wonderful smile. He was 15 and had already been working for 3 years as a shoeshine boy and a candy store clerk. One day after graduating from Brooklyn Boys High School, one of his regular customers stopped by to indulge in his cravings and partake of a chocolate malt. This gentleman, who worked at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, had formed a friendship with the young man and suggested that his talents and gift of gab would be better served elsewhere. He knew of a job opening in the Title Insurance industry and quickly set up an interview for the young man. Off to the Home Title this young lad went packing only his intelligence, demeanor, and that outstanding smile. He got the job as a clerk and quickly worked his way through the ranks into sales - and the rest is history.

That was 64 years ago and that young boy has never stopped smiling. Over twenty-five years ago with the help of his family and friends, he decided to put everything he had on the line and opened his own company, appropriately named Home Abstract. The doors opened November 12, 1977 with a staff of five, including his wife Virginia, his son Robert, and his sister Grace and over the years it has grown to be the largest in Brooklyn employing 42 people. In 1977 there were a total of 4 abstract companies in Brooklyn - today there are over 75. The company and the industry have undergone tremendous changes over that period of time but one constant has always prevailed, that being the will to provide the best quality and service possible to our clients. That was Nunzio's secret 64 years ago, and it remains the company's foundation today. Every client is treated as a person and not a number and each person becomes a family member and friend. Nunzio was the first generation building the business, Robert became the second generation keeping and expanding the business, and Mark, Joe & Greg are now the third generation concentrating on the future. Three generation of different opinions, different mind sets, and different attitudes all working together to make one company successful.

Today we have the latest in computer technology, a new office and a new look, but we have learned that it's not the system you have installed that makes you better, but the people you have feeding the information into that system, and it's staff that gives that extra effort to close the deal. It's a team sport and believe me over the years we have found that the only way to play the game is to work together.

We feel we have the best staff in the industry comprised of 38 professionals including 2 attorneys. Eighty percent of our people have been with Home Abstract for over 10 years and Larry Samaris, Hal Siver, and Tommy McKenzie, Jr. have been with us for over 20 years. With a little help from the seniors on our staff, the 3rd generation is evolving and building the company to suit your future needs, but through it all on constant always remains - that enormous, undaunting smile. Not bad for 14 year old shoeshine boy from Prospect Street named Nunzio.

We would like to thank our clients for the years of friendship, loyalty, and camaraderie and for making us what we are today.

From all of Us to You - THANKS!