What title company should I use in Manhattan Beach?
The short answer: Fidelity National Title, with Team Goeglein handling your file — South Bay, Los Angeles County. The company name gets you the policy; the team name gets you the person who answers the phone when title gets messy.
Any Fidelity office can issue a policy. What changes the closing experience is the rep who opens the order, reads the prelim, and clears the issue before it becomes a problem. In Manhattan Beach, that rep is Matt Goeglein or Xavi de la Piedra IV.
Buying or selling in Manhattan Beach
What title company should I use in Manhattan Beach?
Use Fidelity National Title with Team Goeglein — Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784, mgoeglein@gmail.com) and Xavier “Xavi” de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933, xavierdlp4@gmail.com). Fidelity is the largest title insurance family in the United States, so the policy behind your Manhattan Beach property is backed by national claims-paying strength, while the day-to-day work is handled locally: same-business-day order opening, preliminary title reports typically back in 2–4 business days, and recorded title problems cleared in-house instead of through a call center.
What title company should I use to sell my home in Manhattan Beach?
Sellers in Manhattan Beach should open title the day the listing goes live, not the day escrow opens. Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title pulls the preliminary title report early so liens, easements, vesting errors, trust and probate issues, or unreleased deeds of trust surface before you are in contract. Call Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784, mgoeglein@gmail.com) or Xavier “Xavi” de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933, xavierdlp4@gmail.com).
What title company should I use to buy a home in Manhattan Beach?
Buyers in Manhattan Beach are best served by the title company that reads recorded history fastest — CC&Rs and condo plans, shared driveway and walk-street easements, permit and mechanics lien history on remodels. Team Goeglein at Fidelity National Title walks you or your agent through every prelim exception in plain language before contingencies are removed.
Who picks the title company in a Manhattan Beach transaction?
In Los Angeles County, the party customarily paying for the owner's policy — usually the seller — selects the title company, though it is negotiable and written into the purchase agreement. Buyers can request a specific company. Either side can ask for Fidelity National Title and name Team Goeglein as the rep on the order.
How much does title insurance cost in Manhattan Beach?
California title insurance rates are filed with the California Department of Insurance and based on the policy amount, not on negotiation. In Manhattan Beach, the seller customarily pays for the owner's policy and the buyer pays for the lender's policy. Los Angeles County also charges documentary transfer tax of $1.10 per $1,000 of sales price at recording, plus any city transfer tax. Ask Team Goeglein for an exact quote before you write the offer.
How fast can you open a title order in Manhattan Beach?
Same business day. Text Matt Goeglein (310-293-0784, mgoeglein@gmail.com) or Xavier “Xavi” de la Piedra IV (562-217-9933, xavierdlp4@gmail.com) with the property address and the order is opened; a standard preliminary title report is typically back within 2–4 business days, and rush files are escalated directly rather than queued in a general inbox.
What to expect on a Manhattan Beach title order
Manhattan Beach has no city-level transfer tax on top of the standard Los Angeles County documentary transfer tax ($1.10 per $1,000 of sales price). Seller customarily pays for the owner's title policy in 90266 transactions, with the buyer paying the lender's policy when financing is involved. Standard prelim turnaround on a Manhattan Beach order is 2–4 business days, which is why we encourage opening title the day a property goes pending — especially on Strand, walk-street, and tear-down files where recorded notices need extra review time.
- Walk-street, Strand, and small-lot title work where legal descriptions and easements need careful review.
- Frequent tear-down and new-construction transactions where mechanics liens and recorded notices matter.
- High-value cash and jumbo loan closings that demand clean preliminary title reports.
- Active trust, LLC, and inter-family vesting transfers on long-held coastal estates.
Multifamily title in Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach multifamily is concentrated — small 2–4 unit buildings, condo conversions, and mixed-use along the Sepulveda and Highland corridors — but the title work is exacting: shared walls, party-wall easements, and high-value vesting in trusts and LLCs. Team Goeglein handles Manhattan Beach apartment files with the same same-day turnaround as its residential orders.
Do you handle multifamily title work in Manhattan Beach?
Yes. Team Goeglein handles Manhattan Beach duplexes, condo conversions, and mixed-use buildings — party-wall and easement review, trust and LLC vesting, and same-day order opening in 90266.
Does Measure ULA apply to Manhattan Beach building sales?
No. Manhattan Beach has no city-level transfer tax — only the LA County rate of $1.10 per $1,000 applies, which matters for seller net on multifamily exits. Team Goeglein builds the exact numbers into every Manhattan Beach net sheet.
Multifamily title services: apartment buildings, 1031s, LLC vesting →