Closing Costs: Your $8,000 Stimulus Check at the Mercy of Circumstances

"The quoted news piece is imprecise. Only buyers who have contracts dated prior to or on April 30 will be eligible for the extension to September 30. How fast or slow an escrow can be closed is almost completely out of the buyer's control. Congress isn't spending additional money, just giving buyers more time to close in case things went awry during their escrow. "