financing, then usually the title work will be held up, pending credit report, inspections, and appraisal steps being satisfied. Your attorney will normally keep in touch with the title company or attorney and advise them of the buyer’s loan progress. The attorney also handles all the arrangements with your mortgage holder(s), regarding the final payoffs. You don’t need to do anything.
8. Survey:
In some instances, 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 is usually more prevalent in agriculture related sales but can arise if there is a boundary issue in the title work. 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. 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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