Between the signing of a contract and closing, real estate transactions pass through specific phases before completion. If you are wondering what to do after a real estate contract is in place, please read the rest of this article for invaluable information. Contact our office today to consult with our Buffalo real estate attorneys.
Review and Approval
Once a contract is agreed to by the parties, copies are sent to the buyers’ and sellers’ attorneys for review and approval. The next step is the home inspection which either finds the home satisfactory or lists necessary issues to be addressed or negotiated out. The buyer applies for a mortgage and works with the lender to get a mortgage commitment.
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Required Documents
At the same time, the seller gathers certain relevant documents, including a title search, survey, paid tax receipts, and any mortgage statements they might have – and provides them to their attorney who will update the title search and survey and send them to the buyer’s attorney. Once the buyer’s attorney reviews those title documents, they will undertake a title examination.
Title Examination
As soon as the title examination is completed, the buyer’s attorney forwards a title report to the seller’s attorney and the attorney for the bank. It will outline the documents required to complete the sale and circulate them back to the buyer’s attorney for final review before closing.
Closing the Deal
During that process, the buyer works with the lender to get the loan cleared to close as soon as the title documents have been examined, all title deficiencies addressed, and the loan cleared to close. Then, the parties proceed to the closing table.
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