Tuesday, November 4, 2014

After closing my mortgage, the Title Company is saying I owe them money. Is that legal?

After closing my mortgage, the Title Company is saying I owe them money. Is that legal?
Added (1). I closed last Friday, and on Sunday my lawyer forwarded me an email string from the Title Company I closed with. The emails were basically saying that their charge for administering the closing is $1,150, and that should have been on the HUD.

Is there usually a charge for the Title Company to administer a closing? And is it legal for them to ask for it after the deed is in my name and everything is finished?
Added (2). "Possible. We'd need specifics. I can thing of 3-4 different things."

The $1,150, from what I can tell in the email, is to pay for the two men from the Title Company sitting in the room with me and filing all the paperwork.

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