By Jeanne Sager
Do you get your earnest money back at closing? If you’re buying a house and planning to finance the purchase with the help of a mortgage, the question is bound to come up. The short answer is: You don’t usually get your earnest money back at closing.
But hold on! Sometimes earnest money is returned at closing. What? Read on to find out what happens to your earnest money at closing.
What is earnest money, anyway?
So you’ve heard the term “earnest money” thrown around during the purchase process, and you’re not quite sure what it means? Sometimes called “good-faith money” or a deposit, earnest money is a sum that home buyers put down when they make their offer on a house, to show they’re committed to the purchase.
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