Exhibit 23


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Advisory Committee
American National Financial, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
333-64894) on Form S-8 of American National Financial, Inc. of our report dated
June 5, 2002, relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits
as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and the related statements of changes in net
assets available for benefits for the years then ended and all related
schedules, which report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on
Form 11-K of the American National Financial, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan.


                                             KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
June 27, 2002