Rising home prices and lender costs helped drive up homebuyers’ closing costs by 13.4 percent in 2021, to an average of $6,905. Loan production expenses hit an all-time of $9,470 per loan high during the fourth quarter of 2021.
Source: Inman News
As mortgage lenders’ costs rise, so do homebuyers’ closing costs
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