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.)
According to TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com's annual Real Weddings Study, the average wedding budget for 2012 was $28,427 (not including a honeymoon), up from $27,021 in 2011. Costs vary widely depending on geography; the average Manhattan wedding rang up almost three times the national average, while the average Alaska wedding was just over half the national average.