According to a survey performed by Bankrate, we have seen a significant increase to closing costs associated with mortgage originations. On a nationwide average, closing costs have increase 8.8% over the last year. This increase has primarily been attributed to the increased work lenders have to perform in order to approve a mortgage application under the ever tightening lending regulations.

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When purchasing Real Estate with the use of a Power of Attorney, you will want to make sure that the Power of Attorney form is drafted and executed properly in order to ensure that it doesn’t cause the file to become red flagged during the escrow process. The following checklist was provided to me by First American Title Insurance Company.

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