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#494 A loan origination fee is always part of the seller's closing costs. Is this fact true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo. A. False The loan origination fee is part of the buyer's setllement. That'...
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#493 Whenever a buyer assumes a mortgage the mortgage balance will appear as a credit to the seller and a debit to the buyer on the settlement statement. Is this true or false ? Take your time. The solution is posted below the wildlife photo...
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#492 When a settlement statement has been prepared the purchase price of the property will always be shown as a a debit to the seller and a credit to the buyer. Is this fact true or false ? Please take your time. The solution is posted below t...
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#491 Security deposits are always prorated on the sale of rental property when going to the closing table. Is this fact true or false ? Take your time. The soultion is posted below the wildlife photo. A. False Security deposits aren't prora...
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#490 If the seller agrees to include the dishwasher in the sale of the home for 250 dollars the seller should include this item in the HUD-1 report. Is this true or false ? Please take your time solution is posted below the wildlife pho...
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#489 When a residential appraiser starts looking for comparables and a sales comparison approach is used he's interested in homes that have been occupied for at least two out of the last three years. Is this fact true or false ? Please remem...
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#488 A contract to build a new home is signed with a builder to build a luxury home costing 675 thousand dollars in a neighborhood of homes valued 150 thousand dollars and less. The new home will lose value. This loss of value is known as a...
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#487 When we speak of an appraiser collecting data which is accumulated in a general manner the appraiser has conducted an analysis of the building as well as analyzed the site. Is this true or false ? Take your time. the solution is pos...
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#486 An owner of a multi-family property thinks that a hot tub area with a shower would be a nice addition to the work-out area on the property. He's asked an appraiser if the addition of the new hot tub and shower area would...
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#485 When a developer declares that he or she plans to build a mixed-use development, which includes a beautiful shopping mall, and this development will occur adjacent to your lot which is zoned commercial, property values start to increase ...
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