Aventura Title Company
Title insurance, escrow and closings for Aventura and Northeast Miami-Dade — local know-how, licensed in all 67 Florida counties.
Atlantic Title Firm provides title insurance, escrow, and closing services throughout Aventura and the rest of Miami-Dade County. Buyers, sellers, FSBOs, investors, and lenders rely on us for accurate, on-time closings — backed by local Aventura know-how and statewide reach. Aventura is the high-rise city between the Intracoastal and Biscayne Boulevard, built around the Turnberry golf course and the mall, with condo towers along Country Club Drive, the gated islands of Williams Island and Porto Vita, and a small single-family stock in Aventura Lakes. Its buyers come from Latin America, Europe, Canada and the Northeast, often through entities. Our Aventura closings are almost entirely condos, with international and entity buyers and the Miami-Dade buyer-pays custom on every file.
On a typical $500,000 Aventura sale, the Florida-specific closing costs run about $6,102 (deed doc stamps + owner’s title + recording). In Miami-Dade County, the buyer customarily pays the owner’s title policy and usually chooses the closing agent.
Title & Closing Costs in Aventura
Most of what makes a Aventura closing “Florida-specific” comes down to two numbers: the documentary stamp tax on the deed, charged at $0.70 per $100 of the price in Miami-Dade County, and the owner's title insurance premium, which Florida sets by rule so the base rate is the same at every title agency in the state. Here is how they land on a $500,000 Aventura purchase:
Example: $500,000 sale in Aventura
These are illustrative — your actual costs depend on price, financing, prorations, and who pays what under the contract. Run your own numbers with the Aventura closing cost calculator, or use the statewide tools below:
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What Is Different About Closing in Aventura
Buyer pays, buyer chooses. Miami-Dade custom puts the owner’s title premium on the buyer, who therefore usually selects the closing agent. Most Aventura contracts follow that, and we are glad to be the buyer’s choice.
Milestone inspections and reserves. Many Aventura towers were built in the 1970s and 1980s and are now under Florida’s milestone inspection and structural integrity reserve study rules, with concrete-restoration assessments common. We pull the inspection and SIRS status and read approved minutes for pending assessments.
International and entity buyers. Foreign buyers often purchase through LLCs or trusts. We handle SB 264 affidavits, FIRPTA on foreign sales, entity documentation and phone-verified wiring on every file.
Layered approvals. Williams Island, Porto Vita and Turnberry carry master, building and club approvals with estoppels and transfer fees that can take weeks. We start every estoppel and application the day the file opens.
Who Pays for Title Insurance in Aventura?
In Miami-Dade County the long-standing custom puts the owner's title policy on the buyer, and because whoever pays for the policy usually picks the closing agent, most Aventura contracts name the buyer's title company. Sellers relocating from seller-pays counties are often pleasantly surprised. Nothing in Florida law requires it: the FAR/BAR contract has a checkbox for either party, and it is negotiated regularly. Whichever side you are on, we are happy to be written in.
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Property Taxes & Homestead in Aventura
The Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser values every Aventura parcel each January 1, and the bill is the taxable value times the total millage, which runs about 16.8 mills (the 2025 City of Aventura total rate; unincorporated Miami-Dade County parcels use a different, usually lower, rate). Two Florida rules matter most to a new owner: the homestead exemption (up to $50,000 off taxable value plus the 3% Save Our Homes cap) is available only if the home is your permanent residence on January 1, and the assessment resets to market value the year after you buy. The seller's old bill tells you very little about yours.
Estimate Aventura property taxesFree property-tax estimator with Miami-Dade County millage & homestead→Recording Your Deed in Aventura
Every Aventura deed and mortgage goes on record with the Miami-Dade County Clerk in Miami. Recording fees are the same in all 67 counties: $10 for the first page, $8.50 for each page after, plus the doc stamps and intangible tax collected at closing. We e-record the same day you sign, remit the taxes to the Department of Revenue, and issue your owner's policy once the documents are back.
How Your Aventura Closing Works
Open the File
Send us the executed contract — you, your agent or your lender. We open escrow, order the Aventura search and send wire-safety instructions the same day.
Search & Clear
Our examiners run the Miami-Dade County records for liens, judgments, easements and gaps in the chain, then clear what turns up.
Commitment & Figures
You receive the title commitment; we order payoffs, estoppels and the survey and build the settlement statement with your lender.
Sign, Fund, Record
You sign in person, by mail or by remote online notary; funds disburse; the deed records with the Miami-Dade County Clerk and your owner's policy issues.
Aventura Title & Property Considerations
Intracoastal and marina units raise boat-slip ownership and sovereign submerged land questions, and some slips convey separately from the unit. Miami-Dade requires a municipal lien search that lenders expect, and open permits on unit renovations are a common delay. Some addresses with Aventura mail are actually Sunny Isles Beach, North Miami Beach or unincorporated Miami-Dade, with different millage.
Deeds record with the Miami-Dade County Clerk in downtown Miami. Recording is statewide, $10 for the first page and $8.50 per additional page, and we e-record on closing day.
Our Aventura title search and examination are built to surface issues like these before you close — so you take title clean and your ownership is protected from day one.
Neighborhoods & Areas We Serve in Aventura
Atlantic Title Firm closes throughout Aventura, including Williams Island, Turnberry, Porto Vita, the Country Club Drive towers, Aventura Lakes, the Waterways, Biscayne Boulevard corridor, Hidden Bay and the marina district:
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Does Atlantic Title Firm close in Aventura and Williams Island?
Yes. We provide title insurance, escrow and closings throughout Aventura, Williams Island, Turnberry, Porto Vita and the rest of Miami-Dade County, for buyers, sellers, international and entity buyers and lenders.
What do title insurance and doc stamps cost on a Aventura sale?
On a $500,000 Aventura sale the Florida-specific items are about $3,500 in deed documentary stamps, $2,575 in owner's title insurance and roughly $27 in recording. Our Aventura closing cost calculator adds lender fees and prorations.
Who pays for title insurance in Miami-Dade County?
The buyer customarily pays for the owner's title policy in Miami-Dade County and usually chooses the closing agent. It is negotiable and the contract controls.
Does an Aventura condo need a milestone inspection before I buy?
If the building is three stories or taller and past the statutory age, the association must have completed one, and lenders now ask for it. We pull the status with the estoppel.
Can a foreign buyer close on an Aventura condo through an LLC?
Yes. We document the entity, verify wiring by phone, and handle the SB 264 affidavit and FIRPTA rules where they apply.
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