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B-229230 1 (1988-03-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnak0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington, D.C.- 20548 / 5SAC7 Decision Matterof: Mark B. Gregory - Claim for Real Estate Expenses File: B-229230 Date: March 14, 1988 DIGEST 1. A transferred employee claims reimbursement for a closing fee paid by him incident to the purchase of a residence at his new station on the basis that the charge was customary in that area. The claim is denied. Miscellaneous real estate expenses reimbursable under the Federal Travel Regulations as a purchaser expense are reimbursable only if it is customary for the purchaser to pay it. According to information obtained from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the closing fee claimed is not customarily paid by a purchaser in the area. 2. A transferred employee claims reimbursement for Federal Express charges incurred by him to speed delivery of his mortgage loan application. Paragraph 2-6.2d(I) of the Federal Travel Regulations lists specifically reimbursable expenses in clauses (a) through (e), and in clause (f) authorizes reimbursement for expenses similar in nature to the specifically listed items. Since none of the listed authorized expenses relate to delivery fees, the Federal Express fee may not be allowed under any of those clauses, nor under FTR para. 2-6.2f which authorizes reimbursement for other unspecified expenses since the expense was not for a,frequired service. 3. A transferred employee claims reimbursement for an Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) fee, which was charged him as an expense incident to documenting the lender's interest by endorsement to the title insurance policy. While under paragraph 2-6.2d(2)(e) of the Federal Travel Regulations, finance charges are nonreimbufkable, the expense here may be reimbursed. The expense in question was not part of the chain of documentation required in order to obtain financing but was for additional work required by the lender after the loan was approved. Cf. Ray F. Hunt, B-226271, Nov. 5, 1987.

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