Closing
Scammers are leveraging the COVID-19 pandemic to steal your money, your personal information, or in the case of home mortgage scams, both. While the FBI has seen a significant rise in fraud schemes, the process of buying a home is the latest target for wire transfer fraud. Americans lost $1.2 Billion to imposter scams alone…
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When it comes to selling a home, there is a lot of paperwork involved. While in the midst of finding a new home, packing and moving, it may be tempting to gloss over the extensive forms and documents. However, it is truly important for sellers to review the financial figures of their transaction prior to closing day.…
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Anyone with their finger on the pulse of Texas real estate knows that we are in the midst of a hot seller’s market. Anxious buyers are making generous offers in a desperate attempt to buy a home. However, an offer well over the asking price is not always enough to win the right to buy…
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With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, plenty of folks prefer to use their own pen when signing closing documents. We understand their reasons since we are also avoiding the germs of strangers. Or maybe they just want to use their ‘lucky pen’. I can usually allow signers to use their own pen — as long…
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While residential real estate was, and always will be a “relationship” business, COVID-19 has hastened what was already coming for the industry: game-changing tech solutions for buyers and sellers, resulting in a more efficient and seamless home buying and selling journey. Developers have been hard at work over the last year rolling out products that…
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