In today’s economy hiring an attorney for your real estate closing can be more important than ever. With the increase of purchasing foreclosures, people selling their homes through short sales, and Mortgage Notes being constantly sold to other lenders people looking to buy a home need to protect themselves from future liability.
We Represent Both Residential and Commercial Buyers
At Brown, Van Horn, we can represent you in a real estate purchase whether or not you are purchasing a home for your family, an empty lot to invest with, or a building to grow your business.
Title Insurance
Brown, Van Horn has attorneys who are members of The Fund/Old Republic, which provides real estate purchasers with title insurance. This protects your legal rights in the title to the property from future issues, and potential litigation. It provides you piece of mind.
What We Do Before the Closing
There are multiple things that the Law Offices of Brown, Van Horn, do to assure your real estate purchase will go smoothly:
-Complete a title search,
-Make sure the seller has the right to sell the property,
-Exam and explain any and all legal documents associated with buying and selling real estate. This includes, among other things, the Mortgage, the deed, the real estate contract, the title policy, and the survey of the land,
-Evaluate the proposed financial terms for your loan,
-Resolve any possible title defects,
-Make sure unpaid mortgages on the property are paid,
-Resolve any liens, judgments or encumbrances that have been placed on the property,
-Make sure all state and federal laws have been complied with,
-Make sure any unresolved environmental issues are taken care of,
-Make sure any inspection issues are taken care of,
-Explain the tax consequences of your real estate purchase.
What We Do the Day of the Closing
-Prepare all the documents to transfer the real estate,
-File all the required documents,
-Assure everyone who is to get paid, will be paid, such as the realtors, the sellers, the former Lender,
-Assure that the buyer walks away from the closing as the new owner of the title to the subject real estate.
What We Do After the Closing
-Provide you with title insurance protection, which will protect you from potential title issues that may arise. For example, if someone alleges an interest in your title at a future date, your title insurance kicks in and handles everything.
Real Estate is the Largest Purchase Someone Can Make
It is also one of the most important and exciting purchases you can make. Therefore, you want to assure the process goes as smooth as possible, and that you are not later suffering from buyer’s remorse. Hiring an attorney helps make this process less complicated for you, as well as give you reassurance that everything is going to go ok.
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