Santa Clarita, California - Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - Steve Corn, owner of Newhall Escrow Co., is proud to announce Shelly Kanke’s promotion to Escrow Officer, afer serving as his assistant for the past year. “Shelly has been a great asset to our team and her readiness to take on more responsibilities will help us greatly during this incredible housing market. I’m proud to have such dedicated people as part of my team here at Newhall Escrow Company,” says Corn. “By adding another Escrow Officer, we’ll be able to continue providing th excellent customer service our clients have come to expect.”

Having worked in the escrow industry for approximately five years, Kanke started out as a receptionist and quickly advanced to become an assistant for a Senior Escrow Officer, handling processing and managing Trust Accounting, as well as the training of personnel. Kanke likes the fast paced complexity the industry has to offer. “My goal is complete customer satisfaction and I feel great when I know an escrow has gone smoothly because of my hard work,” says Kanke.

Just over a year ago, Steve took over the business from his father, Ron Corn, who had decided it was time to retire after working in the real estate industry for over 40 years. As promised, Steve Corn and his staff have continued the tradition of providing state-of-the-art processing and personalized attention to detail.

Founded in 1963, Newhall Escrow Company has taken pride in its ability to consistently and swiftly close the simplest to the most complex escrows. The company has a well deserved reputation because of its outstanding track record and know-how that only thousands of escrow scenarios and decades of experience can produce. Newhall Escrow Company combines prompt, courteous customer service with cutting edge processing of documents, resulting in quicker turn-around for their clientele. Newhall Escrow Co. Is licensed by the State of California, Department of Corporations. For more information, Newhall Escrow Company can be reached at (661) 259-3450.