Understanding Your Loan Estimate: Services You Cannot Shop For
These costs are paid to outside parties, not the lender, but you don’t get to choose them. They may include:
appraisal, which puts a value on your property on the lender’s behalf
a credit report on you
fees to assess flo...
Understanding Your Loan Estimate: Page 2, Loan Costs
Closing costs are fees paid when the title of the property is transferred to the buyer making them the legal owner.
Origination Charges are fees collected by the lender for the loan process. They may including fees for handling the loan application and “Ori...
Understanding Your Loan Estimate: Terms, Payments and Closing Costs
The first page of your Loan Disclosure shows the Loan Terms Projected Payments and Costs at Closing.
The Loan Amount, of course is the total you are borrowing. But the Interest Rate alone doesn’t represent all of your borrowing costs. The APR figure on Page...
Can My Settlement Charges Change?
Yes, if circumstances change, such as:
a natural disaster damages the property or affects closing costs
the title insurer providing the estimate goes out of business during underwriting
new information on you or the transaction affe...