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    • Title and Escrow links for buying property in the Napa Valley and North Bay Areas

    How Much Home Can You Afford? <View PDF>
    A Guide to the Loan Process & Listing to the Completion of Sale <View PDF>
    A Guide to Pricing Your Home In Today’s Market <View PDF>
    Propositions 60 & 90 <View PDF>
    A Guide to Short Sales <View PDF>
    A Guide to California Closing Costs <View PDF>
    Interest Rate History: 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgages <View PDF>
    Policy Comparisons <View PDF>
    The Benefits of Title Insurance <View PDF>
    Concurrent Co-Ownership Interests <View PDF>
    A Guide to Condominium and PUD Ownership <View PDF>
    A Guide to the Foreclosure Process <View PDF>
    A Guide to the Escrow Process <View PDF>
    A Guide to Required Reporting to the IRS <View PDF>
    A Guide to Living Trusts <View PDF>
    A Guide to California Mechanics’ Liens <View PDF>
    A Guide to Mello Roos (CA) <View PDF>
    A Guide to Preliminary Reports <View PDF>
    A Guide to Probate <View PDF>
    A Guide to Statements Of Information <View PDF>
    A Guide to Subdivision Public Reports <View PDF>
    A Guide to Supplemental Property Taxes <View PDF>
    Taxpayer Identification Numbers <View PDF>
    A Guide to Title Insurance <View PDF>
    Property Tax Guide <View PDF>

    The above links come from Old Republic Title Company, Napa. Please consider using Mark Lyons there, he is a great title officer; Phone: (707) 265-9838, mlyons@ortc.com

    Short Sale Info

  • A Guide to Short Sales
  • Napa Valley Register Short Sale Articles
  • Foreclosure & Short Sales and Your FICO Score
  • CAR Q&A Taxation of Foreclosures and Short Sales

    • Here are a few additional links which may be helpful.