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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...

Most popular posts of 2012

Written by Federal Title on 2012-12-27.

As another year comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the more popular articles that were posted to our blog in 2012. What does ‘no consideration’ mean?by Catherine Schmitt When someone says “no consideration”...

Settlements made harder

Written by Federal Title on 2012-10-19.

We're about to see some big changes regarding the delivery of HUD-1 Settlement Statements and Truth-in-Lending Disclosures, which could result in added cost and closing delays for homebuyers, if the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's...

Escrow issues for sellers can arise when closing near property tax due date

Written by Federal Title on 2012-08-20.

Whenever a real estate settlement is close to a property tax due date, the potential for a post closing property tax issue increases. Simply, it is a matter of bad timing. Here are a couple escrow issues that can cause problems for home sellers...

3 reasons HELOCs create title headaches

Written by Federal Title on 2012-07-13.

Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOCs) may be difficult to obtain in today’s market, but not too long ago, everybody had one. Recently, a series of closings were delayed in our office due to issues with HELOCs, and I expect that dealing with...

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Tag: settlement

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

Most popular posts of 2012

Settlements made harder

Escrow issues for sellers can arise when closing near property tax due date

3 reasons HELOCs create title headaches

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