Harrison Farrell

The numbers. Every state, county and city page, every closing cost and transfer tax page, and every net sheet comes from one set of rules: each transfer tax, mortgage tax, title insurance schedule, recording fee and local closing custom, and who usually pays it. He builds those rules and checks them against their sources. Each page shows when its state's rates were last checked.

He also oversees The Closing Table, the automated reports on recorded sales. Those reports are made by software from public records and are not read one by one before they go out. He is responsible for the system and its checks, and for fixing a report when someone points out a mistake.

From official sources first: statutes, state revenue departments, county recorders and title rate manuals. Each rule keeps a link to its source and the date it was checked. The full process, and what is only an estimate, is on how we get the numbers.

Email [email protected], or use the contact page. If a rate or a figure looks wrong, send the page and the source if you have one.