The title agent or attorney also handles all the arrangements with your mortgage holder(s), regarding the final payoffs. You don’t need to do anything.
8. Survey:
After the loan is approved, or earlier at the discretion of the loan officer, the survey is ordered by the buyer, their agent, or their lender. This usually does not occur until the last 10 days of the process. It usually takes place on the morning of the closing. It is not necessary for you to be home for the survey, because they do not need to come into your home. The only evidence of the survey having been done is the classic wood stakes with red or orange ribbon at the corners of your property.
9. Pest Inspection:
The “termite” inspection is an inspection of all wood-destroying organisms, including but not limited to dry wood and subterranean termites, wood-boring beetles, carpenter ants, and wood rot caused by wet rot or by fungi. Termite inspections are required for all VA loans. The buyers lender will need a copy of that inspection report plus the paid receipt showing it was completed and paid for. Normally sellers will pay for this inspection but this may be negotiated between the parties and the buyer pay for it. The pest inspection paperwork, called the WDO, cannot be more than 30 days old. If the sale is contingent on financing, the inspection is usually not ordered until there is a full loan approval.
However, if the loan approval is imminent, but not official, within
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