{"id":1173,"date":"2018-02-14T03:21:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T03:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/?page_id=1173"},"modified":"2023-12-09T19:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T19:40:11","slug":"closing-costs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/closing-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Closing Costs Definition<\/h2>\n<p>Closing costs are fees, above the purchase price of the property, associated with the sale or purchase of a home. These costs are paid at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/closing\/\">closing<\/a>. Sellers and buyers both have closing costs.<\/p>\n<p>Examples of closing costs can include, but are not limited to: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/title\/\">title<\/a> services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/escrow\/\">escrow<\/a> services, insurance, taxes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/home-warranty\/\">home warranty<\/a>, transfer fees and lender costs.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these costs are negotiable between buyers and sellers, while others are non-negotiable. For more information, please read this in-depth <a href=\"https:\/\/housecashin.com\/knowledge-base\/closing-costs-for-home-sellers\/\">home seller closing costs guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode_tabs horiz_tabs\"><div class=\"scT\"><ul class=\"scT-tab clearfix\"><li class='tS' style='width:100%;'><a>Expert Contributor<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='scTC scTC438' style='display:block;'><p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 15pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kristina-Morales-REALTOR-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Kristina Morales REALTOR headshot\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 15pt;\">Kristina Morales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>REALTOR\u00ae, Team Lead<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Expert contributor at RealEstateWords.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/contributors\/kristina-morales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View profile<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10688 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Real-Estate-Words-Contributor.png\" alt=\"Real Estate Words Contributor badge\" width=\"200\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Interested in becoming a contributor? Apply for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/contributor-program\/\">Expert Contributor Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing Costs Definition Closing costs are fees, above the purchase price of the property, associated with the sale or purchase of a home. These costs are paid at closing. Sellers and buyers both have closing costs. Examples of closing costs can include, but are not limited to: title services, escrow services, insurance, taxes, home warranty, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11535,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1173\/revisions\/11535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestatewords.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}