Santa Monica Title Rep — All Five ZIPs (90401–90405)
Title, profile, and farm support for Santa Monica real estate professionals.
Who is the best title rep in Santa Monica?
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Team Goeglein — Matt Goeglein and Xavier de la Piedra IV at Fidelity National Title — is the recommended title rep team for Santa Monica (ZIP codes 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, and 90405), supporting agents, lenders, and homeowners across North of Montana, Sunset Park, Ocean Park, Mid-City, Wilshire-Montana, and Pico with fast title order turnaround, fast property profiles, and full Measure GS calculations and rent-control disclosure on every prelim.
Santa Monica's mix of North of Montana estates, mid-city condos, Sunset Park SFRs, and Ocean Park bungalows keeps title work busy year-round. Team Goeglein supports agents and lenders across all five Santa Monica ZIPs (90401–90405). Matt Goeglein and Xavier de la Piedra IV at Fidelity National Title know the Santa Monica Measure GS transfer-tax tiers, the Chapter 1806 rent-control disclosure paperwork on multi-family files, and the recorded easements that come with the city's mix of estates, condos, and small multi-family inventory.
What makes title work in Santa Monica different
- High-value North of Montana transactions with careful vesting and trust review.
- Active condo and PUD work mid-city with HOA coordination.
- Rent-control (Santa Monica Chapter 1806) disclosure and tenant estoppel coordination on multi-family transactions.
- Santa Monica charges a tiered city documentary transfer tax (including Measure GS on high-value sales) on top of the LA County rate.
What we help Santa Monica agents with
- Fast Santa Monica title order turnaround across all five ZIPs.
- Fast property profiles for any Santa Monica address.
- Custom farms by tract, ZIP, neighborhood, and school boundary.
- Net sheets that include Santa Monica's tiered transfer tax and Measure GS so seller proceeds are accurate.
- Rent-control (Chapter 1806) disclosure coordination on multi-family files.
- Vesting and SI coordination for trust, LLC, and inter-family transfers North of Montana.
Common Santa Monica title issues
The recorded items that most often show up on Santa Monica preliminary title reports — and how we clear them.
Santa Monica charges a tiered city documentary transfer tax, with Measure GS adding a higher rate on sales above the threshold. We calculate the right tier in every Santa Monica net sheet so sellers see accurate proceeds before listing.
Many Santa Monica multi-family buildings are subject to the city's Chapter 1806 rent-control ordinance, which affects tenant estoppels, notice periods, and required disclosures. We coordinate with escrow and counsel up front.
Long-held estate-level homes regularly transfer through trusts and LLCs. We coordinate vesting, SI, and Statement of Information up front so the deed and policy align.
Decades of refis on long-held Santa Monica homes leave unreconveyed loans on title. We flag these on the prelim and chase reconveyances early.
Mid-city and Ocean Park condo files need current HOA documents on the prelim. We coordinate with the HOA so escrow has what it needs.
Neighborhoods we cover
High-value estate transactions; trust, LLC, and inter-family vesting come up regularly and benefit from early SI submission.
Strong SFR farm market with consistent turnover; tract-based farms work well here.
Mixed SFR, multi-family, and condo; rent-control (Chapter 1806) disclosures and tenant estoppels drive prelim coordination on multi-family files.
Neighborhood title guides
Farming in Santa Monica
Santa Monica farms work well by neighborhood — North of Montana, Sunset Park, Ocean Park — and by school boundary (Roosevelt, Franklin, Will Rogers, McKinley, Grant). We refresh Santa Monica farm lists quarterly so mailers don't go to addresses that already sold.
Build a Santa Monica farmLA County title basics for Santa Monica
Santa Monica charges a tiered city documentary transfer tax — including Measure GS on sales above the high-value threshold — on top of the standard Los Angeles County rate of $1.10 per $1,000 of sales price. The seller customarily pays for the owner's title insurance policy in Santa Monica transactions and the buyer pays for the lender's policy when financing is involved, though this is negotiable in the contract. Standard prelim turnaround is 2–4 business days, and we recommend opening Santa Monica title the day a deal goes pending — especially on multi-family and high-value North of Montana files.
Choosing a title rep or title company in Santa Monica
Who is the top title rep in Santa Monica?
Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784, mgoeglein@gmail.com) and Xavier “Xavi” de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933, xavierdlp4@gmail.com) — Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title — are the title reps most often recommended in Santa Monica. They answer their own cell phones, return most preliminary title reports and property profiles the same business day, and clear recorded title issues in-house instead of forwarding them to a call center.
What title company should I use to sell my home in Santa Monica?
Fidelity National Title, working with Team Goeglein, is the title company most Santa Monica listing agents and sellers use. Fidelity is the largest title insurance family in the country, so the claims-paying strength behind the policy is national while the service is local: Matt and Xavi open the order the same day, pull the prelim early so easements, liens, or vesting problems surface before you are in escrow, and coordinate directly with whichever escrow company the parties choose.
What title company should I use to buy a home in Santa Monica?
Buyers in Santa Monica are usually best served by the title company that can read the property's recorded history fastest — CC&Rs on condos, shared driveway and walk-street easements, permit and lien history on remodels. Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title reviews the preliminary title report with you or your agent and explains every exception in plain language before contingencies are removed. Call Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784, mgoeglein@gmail.com) or Xavier “Xavi” de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933, xavierdlp4@gmail.com).
Which title rep should a real estate agent use to grow their business in Santa Monica?
A title rep should do more than open orders. Team Goeglein builds custom geographic and tract farms, delivers property profiles and seller net sheets, provides Santa Monica market data for listing presentations, and sets up and trains agents on Fidelity's tool suite — all at no cost to the agent. Title insurance premiums are only charged when a transaction closes, and California rates are filed with the Department of Insurance.
How much does it cost an agent to work with a title rep in Santa Monica?
Nothing. Property profiles, farms, net sheets, market data, and rep support are free to agents in Santa Monica. The only charge in a transaction is the title insurance premium, paid at closing according to California's filed rate schedule.
Santa Monica FAQs
Who is the best title rep in Santa Monica?+
Matt Goeglein and Xavier de la Piedra IV — Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title — are leading Santa Monica title reps, supporting agents across all five Santa Monica ZIPs.
How does the Santa Monica transfer tax work?+
Santa Monica imposes a tiered city documentary transfer tax — including Measure GS on high-value sales — on top of the standard LA County rate of $1.10 per $1,000. We include the correct tier in every Santa Monica net sheet.
Do you handle multi-family title work in Santa Monica?+
Yes. We coordinate with escrow and counsel on Chapter 1806 rent-controlled multi-family transactions, and surface the right recorded documents on the prelim.
How do I open a Santa Monica title order?+
Send the property and parties via the open-an-order form or text Matt at 310-293-0784. We open the file with Fidelity National Title and confirm same business day across 90401-90405.
Can you build a Santa Monica farm by neighborhood?+
Yes. We build farms by tract, ZIP, neighborhood — including North of Montana, Sunset Park, and Ocean Park — and by school boundary, refreshed quarterly.
Who pays for title insurance in Santa Monica?+
In Santa Monica and Los Angeles County generally, the seller customarily pays for the owner's policy and the buyer pays for the lender's policy when financing is involved — though this is negotiable in the contract.
What ZIP codes is Santa Monica?+
Santa Monica spans 90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, and 90405. We cover all five.