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Usually get one from everyone who is receiving a payment at the closing. Essentially the buyer /payment agent / entity making the payments keeps them in the file as evidence that tax withholding from the payment was not required.
The ein is on the w9 so if it’s changing he’d have to fill out a new one anyway
Sellers fill them out
Borrowers fill them out
Just shows that they are not a foreign corp so that withholding isn’t required. There are some presumptions that can apply to make them not necessary, but it’s always easier to just required them. It’s a five minute form to fill out. Foreign corps get the w-8 series (some of which can also exempt withholding).