Buying a home is the biggest single financial transaction that most people will make over the course of their lives. Even if you’ve never gone through the process before, many of the steps are going to make sense right away; you figure out how much you can afford, look for homes in your price range and negotiate an acceptable price with the seller. But what should you expect on the “closing day” – the day on which the home actually becomes yours and you put yourself on the hook for your mortgage? While the closing process isn’t particularly complicated it...

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