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Nesgroup address: misc.consumers.house - Date & Time for the message: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:24:11 -0400 /

Author of the message: "Kendall P. Bullen"

Title of the message:
Re: What are some fundamental ways for a buyer to avoid get "ripped off" at closing?

Text of the message:
In article <1115778493.500078.39140@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
xyzer@hotmail.com wrote:

> But, the further things go along, the more power the bank,et al, has
> over you to "up their estimates" I guess.

True.  You start passing various points of no return, or perhaps I
should say points of 'difficult to return' along the way.

> So what in general should buyers do?

You need to do your research.  When buying our first house, our credit
union had fewer frivolous rip-off charges on the closing estimate, and a
good rate with no points, so we chose them.  It's good to check out a
variety of lenders, but keep in mind two things:
1. estimates are a crock sometimes
2. everything on a closing statement is negotiable
So, be a tough negotiator.  HUD has a document that lenders are required
to give you, that explain the various charges on the HUD-1...however,



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