Selling Your Palm Beach County Property? Keep More at Closing.
On your sale, you get to choose the title company — not the buyer, not the agent. Choosing Independent Title before you sign the contract puts you in control of your closing costs.
The best title company to handle your Palm Beach County sale
Selling a home or a piece of land is one of the largest financial moves you will make — and the title company you close with decides how smoothly it goes and how much you walk away with. For more than three decades, Independent Title of Fort Lauderdale has closed residential and land transactions across Palm Beach County, from West Palm Beach and Boca Raton to Wellington, Jupiter and Delray Beach.
You get a dedicated closer assigned to your file who actually answers the phone, coordinates your payoff and HOA estoppel, prepares your deed, and moves your proceeds by secure wire — so you walk away with clean money and zero surprises.
It's your option to choose your own title company — not a requirement to use anyone else's
Here is something many sellers are never told: the choice of title and closing company is negotiable and written right into your sales contract. You are not required to use the buyer's title company, your agent's in-house or "preferred" company, or whichever closer the other side suggests. As the seller, you have the option to name the company you trust to protect your proceeds.
In Palm Beach County, the long-standing local custom is that the seller pays for the owner's title insurance policy — and the party who pays for it customarily selects the closing agent. (That differs from neighboring Broward and Miami-Dade, where the buyer usually pays and chooses.) So in Palm Beach County, choosing your own title company isn't just possible — it is customary, and it works in your favor. It is always your option, never an obligation.
Who customarily pays for title insurance is set by local custom and is always negotiable between the parties in the contract. This page is general information for property owners, not legal advice.
Choose your title company before you sign — and control your costs
The time to name your title company is before you sign the sales contract. Decide up front and Independent Title is designated from day one — your closing never defaults to a higher-fee company picked by the other side. Here is why choosing early saves you money:
Lock it into the contract
The purchase contract names who selects the closing agent. Decide before you sign and your preferred company — and its pricing — is set from the start.
Premiums are fixed, fees are not
Florida sets title insurance premiums by law, so that rate is identical no matter who you use. But settlement, title search, lien search and admin fees vary by company — that is where a competitive closer saves you real money.
See your numbers first
Run our free Seller Net Sheet to see your estimated closing costs and net proceeds before you commit to anything.
No surprises at the table
We coordinate payoffs, HOA estoppels and tax prorations up front, so your bottom line does not move on closing day.
What we handle for Palm Beach County sellers
From the moment your contract is signed to the day your proceeds hit your account, we manage every moving part of your sale:
Selling across Palm Beach County
We close sales in every community across the county, including:
See what you'll net on your Palm Beach County sale
Run our free closing cost calculator to estimate your seller costs and net proceeds, or send us your details and a closer will reach out — usually the same business day.