Your state may require you to hire a real estate lawyer to facilitate parts of your home purchase. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but ...

When it comes to real estate transactions, a common word that is used is “closing.” Your Realtor might mention when executing the purchase agreement that “the closing will happen in a month” or that ...

Closing on a house is a complex process that takes several weeks and involves many steps for you and your lender. On closing ...

Few things in life go exactly as expected, and that includes enormous, life-changing transactions like buying or selling a home—which can hinge on physically showing up with a pen to your closing.