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- SHORT HINTS ON REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS
-
- A real estate closing is the part of a real estate deal where
- the deeds, mortgages and other documents are transferred, and the
- money (if any!) changes hands.
-
- A frequent question is do you need legal representation? The
- obvious answer is YES. Real estate transactions are likely to be
- the largest transactions that you will ever complete in your
- life. A savings of the few hundred dollars that most real estate
- transactions might cost is NOT WORTH IT and is false economy.
-
- For the intrepid, here are some hints (these hints also apply
- if you do have counsel:)
-
- A. TITLE INSURANCE;
-
- B. TITLE INSURANCE;
-
- C. TITLE INSURANCE.
-
- If you are the buyer YOU must have title insurance. If you are
- the seller and you are taking back a mortgage to convey the
- property, YOU MUST HAVE title insurance.
-
- What is title insurance? Title insurance is a form of insurance
- that guarantees that the title to your property is in fact clear.
- There are a number of ways that a title can be defective. For
- example, hiers not cleared off property, mortgages or liens that
- haven't been paid off are just some. Title insurance is very
- inexpensive and well worth it.