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The Closing Agent (Attorney) Represents The …

… lender.

Ouch. I know most people really do not know this especially sellers and buyers it seems. The closing agent’s fiduciary (not pronounced fudooshree as I hear so often) responsibility is to the lender to make sure all of the documents are fully executed in the right manner and that the necessary recordings are performed to make the exchange legal. Not all states have the same rules and regulations and I’m definitely writing from my own little world but all states have regulations and it is the closing agent’s job to be intimately familiar with them.