Don't be confused by all the documents, notices and statements. When you're asked to sign these, your home loan is in the final steps of the buying or refinancing process.

• Mortgage Note
• Trust Deed or Mortgage Deed
• Disclosure Statement or Truth-in-Lending
• Settlement Statement or HUD 1
• Affidavit

Mortgage Note

This is your promise to pay the lender according to the terms spelled out. Contains  interest rate, payment amounts and length of obligation.

Mortgage Deed

Also known as Trust Deed in some states. This document gives the lender an interest in your property until you have completed the obligation in the Note. The  Mortgage Deed is filed in the county public records to preserve the lender's interest.

Truth-In-Lending Statement

This is also called a Disclosure Statement. Perhaps the most confusing of all the documents, it spells out the necessary costs associated with the loan and shows the A.P.R. (Annual Percentage Rate) interest rate. This rate is simply a  different way to show the total cost of your loan including the incidental charges in addition to the actual interest rate.

Settlement Disclosure Statement

Also called HUD 1, this is a detailed breakdown of all charges associated with the  loan and for the purchase of property. Calculations may include property taxes,  insurance charges, inspection fees and other items agreed to during the process.  Your "bottomline" is usually on the first page (as "Amount Due From Borrower." These are funds needed at closing.

Affidavits

There  are one or more affidavits in most closings. They are sworn statements of fact.  'Generally used to make certain that conditions on which the loan was made have not changed.

Miscellaneous  Documents

The  key instruments are outlined above, however, many times there are other matters  that are clarified through statements presented for you to sign. These may Include:

• Name Clarifications
• Properly Tax Statements
• Insurance  Papers
• Inspection Reports
• Copies for Verification of Receipt