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  Mortgage Refinance Costs Calculator
  From the Archer Pacific Mortgage Calculator Library
 
  Loan Size  
  loan closing costs  
  prepayment penalty  
  Total refinancing costs  
 
  Note: do not double-count your prepayment penalty  
 
 
  Good Faith Estimate Charges Factors Expense Details  
       
  LOAN CHARGES    
       
  801 - Loan Origination Fee This fee is a charge for originating or creating the loan  
         
  802 - Loan Discount This is an upfront charge paid to the lender to get a lower interest rate – same as “buying the rate down”  
         
  803 - Appraisal Fee   This is the cost of the independent appraisal. It is usually paid by the buyer  
         
  804 - Credit Report   This is the cost of the credit report  
         
  805 - Lender's Inspection Fee   This is the lender’s cost of inspecting a property – some may double check the appraisal provided by an independent appraiser  
       
  808 - Mortgage Broker Fee This is the upfront charge that a mortgage broker charges. Brokers can also earn a “rebate” from the lender which is not listed here  
         
  809 - Tax Related Service Fee   Lender fee, usually small, for handling tax related matters  
         
  810 - Processing Fee   This is the charge for processing the loan – collecting your application, running credit, collecting pay stubs, bank statements, ordering appraisal, title, etc.  
         
  811 - Underwriting Fee   This is the cost of the loan underwriter (approver)  
         
  812 - Wire Transfer Fee   This is the cost of wiring the money around, which is usually done by escrow  
         
  ITEMS REQUIRED BY LENDER TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE      
       
  901 - Interest for days X $ per day   This is your prepaid interest for your mortgage loan  
         
  902 - Mortgage Insurance Premium   This is the prepaid mortgage insurance premium, if you have one. This is the insurance premium some lenders charge for loans with little equity/  
       
  903 - Hazard Insurance Premium This is your home’s hazard insurance being prepaid  
         
  905 - VA Funding Fee   This is the Veterans Administration funding fee, which is something you will not incur unless you go through a VA program  
       
  RESERVES DEPOSITED WITH LENDER    
  1001 - Hazard Insurance Premiums # months @ $ per month   This is any prepayment of your future hazard insurance expense  
       
  1002 - Mortgage Ins. Premium Reserves months @ $ per month   This is any prepayment of your future mortgage insurance expense  
         
  1003 - School Tax months @ $ per month   This is any prepayment of your future school tax expense  
         
  1004 - Taxes and Assessment Reserves months @ $ per month   This is any prepayment of your future tax expenses, such as property taxes  
         
  1005 - Flood Insurance Reserves months @ $ per month months   This is any prepayment of your future flood insurance expense  
         
  TITLE CHARGES:      
  1101 - Closing or Escrow Fee This is the cost of escrow. This is the service of a neutral party that actually handles the money between all the different parties in a real estate transaction, including: the lender, the buyer, the seller, the agents, notary, etc. This is often times d  
       
  1105 - Document Preparation Fee   This is the charge for preparing the loan documents. Lenders often email the loan documents to the escrow company, which in turn prints them out and reviews them before signing  
         
  1106 - Notary Fees   This is the cost of the notary. This is to have all of the legal documents surrounding this transaction notarized  
         
  1107 - Attorney Fees   Any legal charges  
         
  1108 - Title Insurance This is the cost of insuring the title of the property. If there is a question about title (who really owned the property), after the transaction is done then this insurance protects the lender from future problems  
       
       
  1200 GOVERNMENT RECORDING & TRANSFER CHARGES    
  1201 - Recording Fees   This is the cost of updating relevant government records  
         
  1202 - City/County Tax/Stamps   Unavoidable government charge  
         
  1203 - State Tax/Stamps   Unavoidable government charge  
         
         
  1300 ADDITIONAL SETTLEMENT CHARGES:      
  1302 - Pest Inspection   This is the cost of the pest inspector. Their purpose is to document the state of the property that the lender is making the loan on  
         
  Others charges      
  These can be additional charges that change within different loan sources   Pay particular attention to these charges, but they can also be listed in other sections  
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  Total Closing Expenses      
 
 
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