"This book provides everything the first-time home buyer needs to: research the local market and listings; choose a house, condo, co-op or townhouse; create a realistic budget; qualify for an affordable loan; borrow a down payment from friends or family;get protection with inspections and insurance; and negotiate and close the deal successfully. This book includes insights from numerous real estate professionals-agents, attorneys, mortgage specialists, a home inspector, and more. Also included are the real-life stories from more than 20 first-time homebuyers"--
The latest edition gives you the inside scoop from industry experts such as real estate agents, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, and lawyers and is fully updated to reflect current real estate and mortgage market conditions as well as technological innovations.
A fun-to-read guide for anyone looking to leave apartment living behind and enjoy the benefits of homeownership. Makes the complicated process of buying a first home manageable, including visiting properties, choosing an agent and other professionals to help, making one’s purchase offer stand out, getting the right mortgage, understanding key contract terms, and negotiating toward a successful closing. A Nolo bestseller, fully updated to reflect today’s challenging U.S. real estate market.
Everything you need to know to buy a home, with tips and advice from real estate experts!With rental prices sky-high, buying a home looks like a better investment than ever. But what steps should you take to find, buy, and move into your new home?
Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home will help you find the right place to live and invest in—and to enjoy the process, too.
As exciting as buying a first home is, it involves huge financial, contractual, and other decisions. This book gives you the inside scoop from industry experts such as real estate agents, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, and lawyers. It provides clear, in-depth information about important steps like:
- checking out prospective homes
- making a purchase offer that a seller will choose above all others
- getting a mortgage whose terms you can live with
- examining the house’s physical condition
- negotiating complications during escrow
- taking title, and
- closing on the purchase.
You’ll hear from other homebuyers, too—about important lessons learned from what went right or wrong with their own home purchases. This latest edition is fully updated to reflect current real estate and mortgage market conditions as well as technological innovations.
