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Debit

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Amount charged to a party to pay a bill

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Who pays pest inspection for buyer with VA loan?

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Seller

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Trust account

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Place where broker holds money belonging to other parties

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Excise tax

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Amount of $1 per $500 of purchase price charged when a deed is recorded

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Credit

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Amount received by a party it pay a bill

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Closing

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Final settlement crested by the terms of the Offer to Purchase and Contract

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Recording

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Creates constructive notice of the contents of the document

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Proration

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Dividing expenses between the buyer and seller based on ownership periods

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Lender/escrow accounts

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Place where lender holds borrower’s funds to pay bills at a later time

Buyer always pays to start account

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Settlement statement

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Summary of financial part of a closing for omen party to the transaction

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Double entry debits and credits

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Always equal in amounts

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Loan discount points

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Charged by lender in exchange for lower interest rates . Increase lenders yield on loan

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First deed of trust

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Creates a financing lien and has highest priority

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Loan origination fee

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Administrative fee charged by lender to set up loan

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Conventional loan

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Neither insured or guarantee by government

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Second deed of trust

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Loan created with a lower lien priority such as seller financing

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Recording of deed of trust

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Buyer pays

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Tenant security deposits

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Debit seller, credit buyer

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Unpaid taxes from previous year

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Seller pays

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Loan assumption entry

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Debit seller, credit buyer

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Annual interest

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NOT part of every proration

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Recording of warranty deed

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Buyer pays

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Buyer’s earnest money

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Credit to buyer

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Due diligence fee

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Debit seller, credit buyer

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Tenant security deposit

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Debit seller full amount, credit buyer full amount

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Excise tax

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Total sales price / $500

NOT printed on the sakes contract, it’s printed on the deed.

Paid by seller (debit seller)

Always a whole dollar amount

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Pest inspection on VA loan

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Debit seller

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NC law: assessed value must equal

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Market value

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NC real property taxes

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Attach to property as of January 1

No penalties if paid by January 5th

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NC machinery act

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Governs all taxation including ad velorum taxes

States that at time of assessment, assessed value must equal market value

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Real property assessments

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Every 8 years (Octennial reappraisal)

Horizontal adjustment: every 4 years after octennial adjustment, city or county may uniformly adjust property up or down across the board

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Tax rates

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Can be adjusted annually to meet budget needs

In NC, tax rate/ 100

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Good funds settlement act

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Requires the deed and deed of trust be recorded before funds are dispersed

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NC Rules

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1) seller owns day of closing settlement
2) use 360 days in a year , 30 days in every month
3) never prorate : tax reserve balance, security deposits, mortgage payment due for month of settlement
4) items typically prorated; current years taxes, interest on assumed loan,

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Proration formula

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Total bill/ days in billing period x days owed

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No single entry CREDITS for seller

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Only debits

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Double entry items for closing worksheet

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1) Selling price: debit buyer, credit seller
2) Due diligence fee : credit buyer, Debit seller
3) paid real estate taxes : debit buyer, credit seller