If you take a look at my recent article 6 mistakes often made by the first time home buyer you’ll see that the most common mistakes revolve around underestimating the cost of buying a home. Even for the most experienced buyer some costs are difficult to pin down.
Closing costs are a perfect example of this. I remember buying my first home, sitting in the lawyers office with my checkbook and going down a list of expenses and writing checks for every one of them. I thought I’d be paying one amount for the house and I walked out of the room shocked by the amount of money I had just signed away.
Well here’s another handy widget from our friends at NerdWallet that allows you to calculate, almost to the penny, what your closing costs will be.
Just enter your information and in no time you’ll be in the know.
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