West Chester Ohio Real Estate News :: Avoiding Closing Derailment

Like a train, a transaction can get derailed at any point on the track. A closing can be hit by a clouded title, a home not appraising for value, a rapid change in interest rates, an undisclosed credit or income issue, or one of countless other unanticipated issues.

Choke points cause delays and delays cause all kinds of problems for buyers, sellers, and agents. Moving plans get thrown into disarray. Interim housing or early-possession requests become necessary. Contingency plans need to be thrown together. Nerves get jangled. The resulting situation can be a nightmare for everyone involved in the transaction.

Eighty percent of the problems in closing transactions fall into three basic areas. Stay on the lookout for these problems to steer your home buying or selling experience clear of as much trouble as possible:

1. Documentation and verification: Lenders needs to assemble considerable paperwork and complete dozens of documents based on information submitted by the loan applicants. Then they need to verify all information for accuracy by checking the applicant’s employment status, funds on deposit, and income level. The document preparation and information verification process takes time. If you fail to submit the required information on a timely basis, or if you turn it in piecemeal and bit-by-bit, delays are certain to result.

2. Repairs, repairs, repairs: This is a choke point that good advance planning can avert. Sellers should consider that only lender-required repairs will be done. If you don’t, you leave yourself open to the risk that the buyer will come back with a laundry list of items…

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