What title company should I use in Palos Verdes?
The short answer: Fidelity National Title, with Team Goeglein handling your file — South Bay, Los Angeles County.
Buying or selling in Palos Verdes
What title company should I use in Palos Verdes?
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 Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes?
Sellers in Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes?
Buyers in Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes 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 Palos Verdes?
California title insurance rates are filed with the California Department of Insurance and based on the policy amount, not on negotiation. In Palos Verdes, 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 Palos Verdes?
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 Palos Verdes title order
Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, and Rancho Palos Verdes all rely on the standard Los Angeles County documentary transfer tax of $1.10 per $1,000 of sales price — none of the four cities adds a city-level transfer tax. In peninsula transactions the seller customarily pays for the owner's title insurance policy and the buyer pays for the lender's policy when financing is involved. Standard prelim turnaround is 2–4 business days, and on trust, estate, and PVE files we recommend opening title even earlier so vesting and CC&R review have time to clear.
- Large-lot, view-lot, and equestrian properties with complex easements and CC&Rs.
- Active estate, trust, and inter-family transfers that need careful vesting review.
- Geological and landslide overlay disclosures that affect title and lender requirements (especially in RPV).
- Private-street and gated-community recorded documents in Rolling Hills and parts of PVE.