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DMV Title Guy provides local closing education for Gainesville, VA. When you're ready to close, Will and the Pruitt Title team handle your title and settlement.
What to Understand
Title and Closing Topics in Gainesville, VA
These are common parts of a real estate closing. Will confirms which apply to your transaction, and Pruitt Title's quote and Closing Disclosure set the actual costs.
- Title Search & Examination
- Owner's Title Insurance
- Lender's Title Insurance
- Settlement & Escrow Services
- Title Curative Work
- Deed Preparation & Recording
- 1031 Exchange Closings
- Refinance Closings
- Commercial Transactions
- New Construction Closings
- Investor / Wholesale Closings
- Remote signing options (when available)
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How It Works
The Closing Process in Gainesville
From contract to keys, here's the typical process after a title company accepts a transaction in Gainesville, VA.
Send the Contract
Send Will the contract. He confirms the quote, timing, and next steps with you.
Title Search
The Pruitt Title team reviews the relevant records and flags anything that needs attention before settlement.
Title Commitment
The Pruitt Title team delivers the title commitment, requirements, exceptions, and coverage information.
Closing Coordination
The Pruitt Title team coordinates the closing with the lender, parties, and agents.
Settlement & Recording
The Pruitt Title team handles signing, funding, disbursement, recording, and post-closing work.
Prince William County · Recording & transfer taxes
What closing actually costs in Gainesville, VA
- Regional transportation fees (seller)
- 0.2%
- Local recordation tax
- 0.083%
- Recording office
- Prince William County
Prince William County levies no transfer tax of its own, and deeds record with the Circuit Court Clerk at the county's judicial center in Manassas.
For most sales in Prince William County, the seller pays $0.20 per $100 in Northern Virginia transportation fees. The purchase contract can divide that cost differently, and refinances do not carry the fee. See Va. Code §§ 58.1-802.3 and 58.1-802.4.
Buyers pay Virginia recordation tax of $0.25 per $100 on the deed (the price) and $0.25 per $100 on the purchase deed of trust (the loan). Prince William County adds a local recordation tax of one-third of the state tax, about $0.083 per $100, on both. See Va. Code §§ 58.1-801, 58.1-803 and 58.1-814.
Gainesville sits in Prince William County, so these county rates apply here. For a worked example against a specific sale price, use the calculator.
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