Almost always. You can't transfer real estate without having something in writing. In some situations, a document other than a deed is used -- for example, in a divorce, a court order may transfer real estate from the couple to just one of them. 3.
In the King County metro area, the average wedding tab in 2012 was between $25,091 and $41,819, according to proprietary surveys and government statistics gathered by a market research company called The Wedding Report. (Scroll to the bottom of this post to see more of their wedding stats for the Seattle-Tacoma region.)
In 2012, when the average wedding cost was $27,427, the median was $18,086. In 2011, when the average was $27,021, the median was $16,886. In Manhattan, where the widely reported average is $76,687, the median is $55,104. And in Alaska, where the average is $15,504, the median is a mere $8,440.