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Palm Beach County: where the seller holds the pen

North of the Broward line, custom hands the title choice — and the owner's premium — to the seller. That one difference reshapes net sheets, listing conversations, and who we work for on the file. Everything else stays classic Florida.

County customs & mechanics

  • Owner's title policy: seller customarily selects the title company and pays the premium — the contract can override
  • Deed documentary stamps at the statewide $0.70 per $100 (no surtax here)
  • Recording with the Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller
  • Reissue credits directly reward sellers here: a qualifying prior policy lowers the premium the seller is customarily paying — bring it to listing
  • HOA-layer diligence dominates the county's west-side communities; coastal files add condo and waterfront patterns

What seller-pays means for listing agents

In this county the title conversation belongs in the listing appointment: the seller is customarily buying the policy, choosing the closing team, and benefiting from any reissue credit. A listing priced with Broward assumptions understates the seller's costs; a net sheet that misses the reissue credit overstates them. Our seller net sheet applies Palm Beach defaults automatically — agents use it live in listing presentations.

Remote-first county coverage

From Boca Raton to Jupiter, our Palm Beach County files run remote-first: e-signings and RON, mobile notaries where ink is required, couriered originals when lenders demand them, and the same attorney-supervised escalation lane the home county gets. The office is in Hallandale Beach; the service level doesn't know that.

Questions

Frequently asked

Can a Palm Beach buyer insist on choosing the title company?

Everything is negotiable — a buyer can offer to take the title selection (and usually the premium cost with it). It happens, particularly with investor buyers who have standing relationships. The contract's checkbox, not the custom, is what binds.

You're based in Broward — why use you up here?

Because the work is identical statewide (promulgated rates, same statutes) and the differentiator is the model: attorney-supervised examination, published timelines, same-day defect triage, and remote-first logistics that make geography irrelevant. Sellers picking the title company here can pick for quality.

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