Question Regarding Closing Discrepency
When refinancing a property, (signing docs) my 'estimated' closing statement showed the title policy as costing $651.38. When I received my 'final' settlement statement in the mail, the cost was $1013.25! When I called the title company, I was given a line about ' it was quoted as Orange County pricing, but we discovered that they're too busy, so we had to give you the more expensive 'San Diego' pricing. I would have thought that this could have been sorted out before the loan closed. Did I get jobbed by the title company? Do I have any recourse in a situation like this, or do I take my lumps? How can I avoid these surprises in the future? I'm doing another refi now, and I just received escrow instructions from the same company, which refreshed my memory. Thanks in advance for any insight!
Everett
The easiest way that I know of is to request that the loan packet be finalized and sent to you or your attorney for approval 3 days before the actual closing date.
This way, you'll know exactly what your costs will be and will have time to discuss any of them.
Of course, you could also simply halt the closing at the table until you received an answer that was more suitable to you. Since no one gets paid until the deal closes, this will get people jumping a little, too.
Roger
In addition you have a little leverage because you are buying another deal. Explain to your lender that you have had trouble with this title company in the past and prefer not to use them unless and until someone from there calls you to make ammends. Otherwise take your business elsewhere.