Title Company in Knoxville Tennessee
Crossland Title, Inc.
Crossland Title, Inc. is fully committed to providing quality products and services to our communities. With more than 36 years of experience in the real estate and title agency business. Owners Pam Rice and Beth Crox have built their reputations upon the virtues of personal service and integrity. They believe that reputation as an honest and reliable business is the recipe for success. They have a knowledge base and support. The staff of Crossland Title, Inc. is more than capable of guiding each client through the myriad of issues surrounding a real estate closing. Crossland Title Inc. seeks the opportunity to continually earn your business. Trust our service-driven, customer-sensitive approach to the title industry.
Five Things to Know Before You Close
What to know before closing.
The Loan Estimate: Today, borrowers receive two separate forms from their lender at the beginning of the transaction. This includes the Good Faith Estimate (GFE). Also, the initial disclosure required under the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA). What about loan applications taken on or after October 1, 2015? The creditor will now use a combined Loan Estimate. This is now intended to replace the two previous forms. You must provide the new three-page Loan Estimate form to borrowers on a timetable similar to the current receipt of the GFE.
The Closing Disclosure: The combination of forms continues at the end of the transaction as well. This is with the HUD-1 Settlement Statement. Also, the final TILA forms now combined into a single Closing Disclosure form. This new five-page form is not only to disclose many terms and provisions of the loan. Also, the financial transaction of the closing of the sale.
Closings are now impacted by delivery rules of the new forms:
There is a part of the final rule creating these two new combined forms. The CFPB determined that borrowers would be better served by having a short time to review the new Closing Disclosure form. This is prior to signing their loan documents. As a result, in its rule, CFPB mandated borrowers have three days after receipt of the Closing Disclosure to review the form and its contents.
Note: The three-day review period starts upon the “receipt” of the form by the borrower. Unless some positive confirmation of the receipt of the form (i.e., hand delivery), the form is “deemed received” three days after the delivery process starts (i.e., mailing). As a result, the combination of the “delivery time period” and the “review time period” results in seven business days (excluding Sundays) from mailing to loan signing.
Title fees may need to be adjusted at closing and explained:
Both the new Loan Estimate and Closing Disclosure forms require any listing of settlement service involving title insurance or closing activities precede by the phrase “Title ”. This will allow the borrower to clearly see all charges in the same area. The disclosure of fees will adjuste and explained on page 3 to reflect the following:
The new forms have 7 areas for fees:
The line numbering on the HUD-1 familiar to most is gone. Instead, the fees and charges are placed on the Closing Disclosure in one of seven areas:
Individual charges within each of these major groupings are alphabetically listed. Columns provide separate charges for the buyer, seller, and others (as well as columns for both payments before and at closing).
Your clients will likely receive more than one Closing Disclosure:
The Buyer/Borrower will receive a Closing Disclosure several days before the closing. Also, likely be a few days before a walkthrough on the property. Buyers/Borrowers will likely receive a new, adjusted Closing Disclosure at the closing showing. Any changes that occurred between the initial disclosure and the closing, including adjustments due to the timing of the closing, walk-through adjustments, and other matters.
Changes may not end there and CFPB mandates that changes in financial disclosure numbers (i.e., changes in a recording fee) in any amount must be re-disclosed, even post-closing.
