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How to estimate closing costs when buying a new home

Written by Federal Title on 2013-09-04.

The searching is over. The bank has been contacted. The offer has been accepted, and now the dream of owning your new home is coming to fruition. So, what are the typical closings fees that you can expect to pay as part of your upcoming settlement?...

Another driver of increased closing costs – Marketing Service Agreements (MSAs)

Written by Federal Title on 2013-08-15.

Affiliated Business Arrangements (ABAs), once known as Controlled Business Arrangements (CBAs) are becoming a focus of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Recent efforts by the CFPB, evidenced by enforcement actions and resulting...

Marketing Service Agreements may be more dangerous than Affiliated Business Arrangements

Written by Federal Title on 2013-07-25.

Federal Title is an independent title company, which means that, unlike most of our competitors, we do not enter into Affiliated Business Arrangements (“ABAs”) or Marketing Service Agreements (“MSAs”) with lenders...

How changes to FHA loans could impact you

Written by Federal Title on 2013-04-17.

Two major changes to FHA loans designed to boost its depleted mortgage insurance fund may result in many borrowers opting to forego an FHA loan for a conventional loan with private mortgage insurance. The first change became effective April...

Agents can define ‘settlement costs’ in sales contract to protect clients

Written by Federal Title on 2013-01-02.

A closing at Federal Title last week resulted in a dispute between the buyer and seller over the definition of “settlement costs” that could have been avoided had the GCAAR Regional Sales Contract better defined the term. I’ll...

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Tag: costs

How to estimate closing costs when buying a new home

Another driver of increased closing costs – Marketing Service Agreements (MSAs)

Marketing Service Agreements may be more dangerous than Affiliated Business Arrangements

How changes to FHA loans could impact you

Agents can define ‘settlement costs’ in sales contract to protect clients

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