The Basic Facts About Deeds of Trust Deed of Trust or “Trust Deed”, is the document that secures a loan on a piece of property. The Deed of Trust and the secured Note go hand-in-hand and the Deed …

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Escrow Closing Dates Are Not Set In Stone Every transaction starts out with a “Closing Date” – the date all parties aim to finalize, close, and hand over property and proceeds. Whether we are able to hit that …

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 Nationally, the word “Escrow” may be described as the type of account you set up with a Lender to impound your property taxes, insurance, and mortgage insurance payments. In California and some of the other western states, …

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Documentary Transfer Tax Exemptions as noted in my previous article regarding documentary transfer taxes, the taxes collected are a nice, hefty revenue source for counties and cities throughout California so they are loath to give away the right …

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What did you say? Breaking Down Escrow Terminology The English language is filled with acronyms, an invention of the modern technological world, put into place when email and texting became the normal way to communicate. Why type “Consumer …

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