{"id":35319,"date":"2023-04-14T16:52:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T23:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=35319"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:52:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T23:52:26","slug":"buyer-how-much-are-closing-costs-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/buyer-how-much-are-closing-costs-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Are Closing Costs in Michigan?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: This post will help answer the question: How much are closing costs in Michigan? The example costs provided are based on median home prices and typical fees. Your closing costs may differ depending on your circumstances and the terms of your home purchase.<\/i><\/p>\n

Your Michigan dream home has just come on the market, and you\u2019re eager to make an offer. You\u2019ve done some math, and the monthly mortgage payments fit into your budget, but you\u2019re wondering about coming up with enough cash for closing costs in addition to the down payment.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Michigan] buyers should expect to pay roughly 2%-4% in closing costs,\u201d says Andrew Hargreaves<\/a>, a top real estate agent in the Metro Detroit area who works with nearly 70% more single-family homes than the average agent in his market. \u201cHowever, this number varies greatly depending on if you purchase the house with a mortgage or cash.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this post, we\u2019ve researched the expenses related to buying a home in Michigan and gathered expert insights to help you understand just how much your closing costs might be before you make one of the biggest purchases of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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What are closing costs?<\/h2>\n

Closing costs are a set of fees related to buying a house, which are due on the official date of purchase (also known as closing). Some of these costs, such as property taxes and insurance, are related to homeownership in general. Others, such as origination fees and interest, are directly related to obtaining a mortgage.<\/p>\n

Richie Helali<\/a>, a licensed, senior mortgage advisor at HomeLight Home Loans<\/a>, says that closing costs are most often paid through wire transfer or certified check, along with the down payment<\/a> for your home loan (which is not part of your closing costs but is typically due at the same time).<\/p>\n

If the total amount of your closing costs plus your down payment is financially overwhelming, sometimes lenders will allow you to add the closing costs into the total amount of your loan, thus reducing the amount of cash needed at closing.<\/p>\n

\u201cConventional mortgages may allow up to 3% of the closing costs to be rolled into the loan, and VA and FHA loans allow up to 6% of closing costs to be rolled into the loan,\u201d says Hargreaves, who has been assisting homebuyers for 18 years.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll provide some example closing costs in a minute to illustrate how this all plays out.<\/p>\n

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Who pays for closing costs in Michigan?<\/h2>\n

But both buyers and sellers<\/a> are responsible for certain fees and closing costs in a home sale transaction, which we\u2019ll break down in more detail in the next section.<\/p>\n