Closing Customs and Costs in San Francisco Bay Area Counties
August 14, 2008
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the closing customs vary from county to county. Some cities also assess a city transfer tax in addition to the county transfer tax. In most areas where the city doesn’t assess a city transfer tax, the county rate is $1.10 per $1,000 in property value. The below shows how closing [...]
Read More >>Closing The California Dream; Alliance Title Goes Under
December 15, 2007
Alliance Title’s slogan was “Closing The California Dream”. If their definition of California Dream was their operations, then they succeeded.
The Merc is reporting that they have closed down. With 200 offices and 2,000 employees, Alliance is the latest piece to fall in the housing and sub-prime crisis domino. Sub-prime lenders and brokers felt the first [...]