Freaking out a little now.

[Liberal Veteran]

Closing in less than 3 hours and mortgage company just called and gave us our cost to close.

The initial CD said something like close to two thousand.

Now they are saying the number is like $100. Asked to repeat three times. Called realtor, he verified.

I'm totally like

[samnsara]

1. at least its not the other way around..whew!

[Liberal Veteran]

3. This is like....

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[exboyfil]

2. Is it the payment for future billed tax liability

The seller owes taxes until sale, but the billing lags. That money gets put into closing.

[Glamrock]

4. Kick ass!

Congrats baby!

[Squinch]

5. Wow. There are a lot of separate entities wanting your money

at a closing. Maybe this is just one of them. But I'd smile and nod and say nothing. Worst comes to worst, you're back to the 2000 you were expecting.

Good luck! It's a big day. Congrats!

[Liberal Veteran]

6. True dat. I was all ready to go to the bank and get a cashier's check like a boss.

Now I don't even have to do that. If closing is less than 1000 dollars, you can write a personal check.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. At my first closing (around '98) they couldn't tell me ahead of the meeting how much money to bring.

I had no idea until I got there and sat down. My last closing around 2014 wasn't much better. It's a crazy way to run a business.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. Yeah. It does seem a little sloppy at time with the kind of money being tossed around.

I guess it works, but you'd think that stuff was down to a science.

[exboyfil]

10. That is strange

I have bought four houses and sold three houses, and everyone of my final closing estimated statement has been pretty accurate. Same with my two refis. The one thing I know is that I have only one more closing in my life (the sale of my current house when I become an apartment dweller).

[irisblue]

9. Put the extra $ in an OMG this is an expensive thing to fix account

Having one saved me when the house sewer line backed up this January. Something will eventually happen

[Squinch]

11. How'd it go?

[NightWatcher]

12. Congrats. I'm hoping to close next Wednesday on a sale