who pays title insurance when selling a home
Does the seller pay fortitle insurance policy
There are two general types of policies, or combinations: lender's insurance (which pays the lender to cover its loss in security interest) and owner's insurance (which pays the owner in case of defective title).
A: The question of who pays the Title insurance is always negotiable and can be worked in to the real estate sales contract to assign this cost to either buyer or seller. As for a refinance, although the buyer tradionally pays, if you are doing a loan modification of your exhisting loan, most often an additional title policy is not required depending on the loan. The borrower (owner) pays for the title insurance on a Mortgage Policy when they are doing a refinance. As to who pays for the Owner's Title insurance on a purchase is strictly negotiable between buyer and seller. It can be negotiated as part of the terms of sale. In some states, typically the seller pays, since they have the burden of proof of good, clear, marketable title. In other states, the buyer pays. It is rather based on the "lay of the land" of which is the normal way of doing buiness in your particular state. In many states, the seller pays for the searches done on the property he is selling and the buyer pays the premium and other fees for the actual insurance coverage. However, there are no laws concerning who is responsible to pay for the title insurance or the title searches. Who ultimately pays for what specific fees should be negotiated from the beginning. If the buyer agrees to pay all fees, the buyer takes the financial burden and risk of paying for search fees on a property that may have serious title issues making it extremely difficult to sell, which the seller may have already known about but did not disclose. Therefore, it is always a good idea to ask for a copy of the Seller's "back title", the Owner's Policy that was issued to the seller when they bought it.
No hard rule. Certain counties have "customary" rules, which in some counties the Seller pays and other counties the buyer pays. Bottom line, IT IS NEGOTIABLE!
If the transaction is a refinance, then the borrower (current owner), pays for the Mortgage Title Insurance, for coverage on the new loan. If the transaction is a purchase, the title insurance fees are negotiable and either buyer, seller or both can pay the fees as per what is regional practice or what has been negotiated into the sales contract. All states vary, yet who pays on a purchase is always an elective and negotiable between the parties involved as to the Owner's Policy. Typically the new buyer pays for the Mortgage Policy regardless as to who is paying for the Owner's policy.
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Seller or buyer can pay for the title insurance. Whatever is mutually acceptable by both parties. In some states, the buyer always pays the entire fees. In other states, the seller always pays the entire fees. However, this can always be negotiated. I have seen split fees where the seller will pay for the searches and the buyer pays all premium, recording and incidental charges. Many sellers elect to have a Title Report (no insurance, just information) run on the property when they put it up for sale so there will be no surprises later on. If the buyer uses the same title agency for the sale, typically the title agency will not charge full search fees, instead applying what the seller has already paid for the Report, towards the final title closing fees. Therefore, the fees are negotiable and usually follow the standard practice for the area where you live.
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If you live in a state that does not regulate the fees/premiums, then a title agency may be willing to negotiate the costs of the premiums. Or, they may be able to negotiate some of the fees, like searches/abstracts, copy fees, etc. If you live in a regulated states, all fees or some fees may be overseen by that State's Department of Insurance and whatever are the state-regulated fees MUST be charged. It would be illegal to over-charge or under-charge the fees. A Buyer and Seller can negotiate freely as to who pays what fees of the title insurance costs. In some states, tradionally a seller pays for the Owner's Policy and the Buyer pays for the loan policy covering their mortgage. In other states the seller pays for all fees and in others, the buyer pays. However, there are no laws as to who pays for what, therefore, between the buyer and seller, it is always open to negotiation.