Settlement agent

Settlement Agent

A person responsible for ensuring that all laws and regulations are followed in transferring real estate from one owner to the next. For example, when one sells his/her house, the settlement agent performs the title search and conducts other activities necessary for the real estate to close smoothly. Generally speaking, a settlement agent does not represent either party in a real estate transaction. Some U.S. states require a settlement agent to work on real estate transactions.

Settlement agent.

In some states, a settlement agent, or closing agent, handles the real estate transaction when you buy or sell a home.

He or she oversees title searches, legal documents, fee payments, and other details of transferring property, acting on your behalf to ensure that the conditions of the contract have been met and appropriate real estate taxes have been paid.

A settlement agent also represents you at the closing, so you don't need to be present.

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Under this broad heading, there are recording fees, title insurance, warranty, settlement fees, appraisal fees, lawyers' charges and settlement agent's fees, along with bills for property taxes, utilities and homeowner's association dues for the months you lived in the house.

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Earlier in his career, Kelley was a Settlement Agent for a title agency in Maryland and a Loan Officer with a Maryland-based mortgage company.

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Although a HUD-1 Settlement Statement may not always be available, confirmation of a sale price often can be made by contacting parties to the transaction or the settlement agent. This should prove especially useful when a transaction price appears out of line with other comparable prices.