Latest Blog Posts for Home Closing Process

• Southwest Florida Title Company Supports Gulf Coast Humane Society
  on Jun 8, 2016 in Title Company Closing Services
  It’s time for another installment of #ClosingWithACause. This month, we’re going back to the well in support of a team favorite local non-profit – the Gulf Coast Humane Society. We will donate a portion of our revenue from June to t...
• Fort Myers Title Company Supports Alliance for the Arts Summer Campers
  on May 6, 2016 in Charity Closing with a Cause Community Connections Fort Myers Title Company Title Company Closing Services fort myers title company real estate Southwest Florida Summer Camp
  We are absolutely thrilled to announce our support of summer campers at the Alliance for the Arts. During the month of May, a portion of our revenue from every real estate closing will be donated to the Alliance to fund scholarships for summer camp...
• Tax Prorations Explained for Florida Real Estate Closings Part 2
  on Nov 2, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  Welcome back! In Part 1 of “Tax Prorations Explained for Florida Real Estate Closings” we looked at WHY we prorate taxes and the contractual rules by which we typically prorate. Now let’s look at how to understand how those proratio...
• Tax Prorations Explained for Florida Real Estate Closings Part 1
  on Oct 22, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  It’s that time of year! Real property taxes in Florida will be assessed any day now. Until they are, calculating tax  prorations at closing can be a confusing affair. If you are curious about how tax prorations should work for your closing, pl...
• Winged Foot Title Supports Gulf Coast Humane Society
  on Sep 8, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  August was a great month. We were able to donate $350.00 to the Candlelighters of Southwest Florida, whose mission is “to provide support, education and assistance to families of children with cancer or blood disorders and the professionals who...
• Southwest Florida Title Company Supports Florida Veterans Foundation in July
  on Jul 1, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  In June, Winged Foot Title raised $400 for the Children’s Home Society of Florida. What a great cause! This month, a member of our team and a veteran herself recommended that we do something for the Florida Veterans Foundation. A portion of th...
• TRID Can Unfortunately Kicked Down the Road
  on Jun 19, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  It’s Friday, a typically busy day for us in the title business. We have five loan closings on the schedule – five families about to complete the home buying journey. This should be an awesome day! The awesomeness, though, is already tarni...
• It’s All About the Kids This Summer
  on Jun 12, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  Since November of 2014, your real estate closings have generated $3,000 for local charities. This summer, the Winged Foot Title team has chosen to support the Children’s Home Society of Florida. Take a few minutes to watch this video about CHS&...
• I have the Buyer. Why should we care about FIRPTA?
  on May 18, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  We get this question a lot. And we often get it laden with defensiveness from buyers’ real estate agents who are surprised by the demands of FIRPTA on their clients. Because FIRPTA is superficially understood as a tax on the seller, the surpris...
• I paid taxes and insurance from escrow account!
  on May 4, 2015 in Title Company Closing Services
  A seller wrote to us recently and wondered the following: “I paid the taxes from my escrow account for this year, how do I get my prorated money back? I paid my homeowner’s insurance through my escrow account, who handles cancelling the i...

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