Home buyer’s costs or closing costs are the expenses associated with your home purchase. Both the buyer and the seller, depending on the agreement and what is in the contract sales, pay the home buyer’s costs. Some of these costs are paid when you close your deal and the rest as the transaction progresses.
Find home buyer's costs below.Some closing costs may or may not be applicable, depending on the custom of the area where you make your home purchse.
1. Tax Fees. You have to pay these fees before the property can be transferred to your name.Exact cost depends again on the location. commonly, the tax is one percent on the first two-hundred thousand of the property value and two percent in excess of the two-hundred thousand bracket.
2. Goods/Service Tax. This tax is applicable when you purchase a newly constructed house or property. The price depends on the area and the rates imposed.
3. Property Tax. This is the yearly tax for the property. If the current owner of the home you are negotiating to buy has already paid the year's tax, you have to reimburse them for it since the property will now become yours.
4. Appraisal Fee. Some lending institution charges you with appraisal fee of the home before they approve your loan.
5. Survey Fee. Your mortgage lender may ask you to submit a survey form. The survey's purpose is to establish the boundaries of the property and to ensure that all buildings are within the boundaries of the property. If the current does not have one, it is your duty to have it surveyed and pay the surveyor's fees.
6. Mortgage Application Fee. The fee varies, depending on the lending institution. Usually, when you apply for a mortgage you are required to pay the application fee.
7. Mortgage Default Insurance. This insurance is required on mortgage loans exceeding the seventy-five percent of the appraised property value. This serves as an insurance to the mortgage lender in case you will not be able to pay your mortgage and the value of the property is not sufficient to pay your loan.
8. Fire Insurance. Your mortgage lender will insist that you purchase a fire insurance policy. This guarantees that in the event of fire, they will receive whatever balance on your loan before you receive any insurance proceeds.
9. Legal Fees. You will need the services of a lawyer or a notary public to act for you when you have to transfer ownership of the property to your name.
10. Other Fees. Your home buyers’ costs may include your moving expenses like hiring a moving company or you do the moving yourself. Expect additional expenses on repairs you may have to make, new window or floor coverings and other expenses you may find necessary before you settle in your new home.
Find out the exact fees in the area you plan to buy a new home. Be sure you have this home buyer’s costs covered in your budget as you start your house-hunting.
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