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Aggregate adjustment is the calculation a mortgage lender uses to prevent collecting more money for a borrower's escrow account than is allowed under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).

The title company is responsible for finding issues that could arise when transferring the title (proof of ownership) of the house or property you are buying. A settlement agent's job is to do the actual paperwork for transferring the ownership of the land.

An aggregate adjustment is a calculation your lender uses to prevent collecting more money for your escrow account than is allowed under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).

The aggregate escrow adjustment is usually a negative amount or zero. If the aggregate adjustment is negative, then the lender must credit the amount of the adjustment to the borrower, which reduces the amount the borrower must deposit into his escrow account at closing.

On page 3 of the Closing Disclosure, the Calculating Cash to Close table and Summaries of Transaction table are disclosed. For transactions without a seller, a Payoffs and Payments table may be substituted for the Summaries of Transactions table and placed before the Alternative Calculating Cash to Close table.

This is where the Aggregate Adjustment comes in. It's usually a credit back to the homeowner due to a requirement that the lender cannot collect more than 1/6th of the total annual payments as a cushion. If the lender's calculation results in too much being collected, then a credit back to you must be made.

Settlement costs (also known as closing costs) are the fees that the buyer and/or seller have to pay to complete the sale of the property. Depending on the lender, these may include origination fees, credit report fees, and appraisal fees, as well as property taxes and recording fees.