Sunwest Trust

sunwest trust, inc. began as a small escrow company called first financial. in an office with only one employee and no escrow accounts, first financial escrow opened for business. first financial quickly gained a reputation for being honest, hardworking and fair. throughout the course of the next ten years, the company grew by accepting new accounts and purchasing small escrow companies in and around albuquerque. in 1997, first financial purchased all of the escrow accounts from sunwest bank. in september of 1997, sunwest escrow, lc opened as a combination of the accounts serviced by first financial and those of sunwest bank. the merger allowed them to move out of their small office space and into a building of their own.