Eric Tyson, Ray Brown, Robert S. Griswold

Home Buying Kit For Dummies (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The top choice among home buyers in need of assistance

Home Buying Kit For Dummies is your one-stop guide to navigating the housing market and buying a home. This updated book helps you through the largest-and most complex-purchase you're likely to make, offering a map to navigating the occasionally choppy waters of home buying. Get insight on evaluating your financial readiness to buy a house, securing a mortgage, building a team of advisors, negotiating a deal, and getting your new home ready after you buy. A small investment in know-how will make a big difference, making every step of the home buying process smoother.

• Understand interest rates and determine your budget for buying a new home
• Learn how to get approved for a mortgage and recognize fair house prices
• Get a real estate agent and find the home that fits your needs
• Survive the inspection and appraisal stage, then seal the deal

This book is a perfect choice for first-time and inexperienced home buyers who need advice on the steps in buying a home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394290826
• Artikelnr.: 73379164

Autorenporträt

Eric Tyson, MBA, has shared his financial expertise in bestselling books like Personal Finance For Dummies and Real Estate Investing For Dummies.

Ray Brown is a real estate professional with over four decades of experience.

He co-authored the previous seven editions of this book Robert S. Griswold, MSBA, CRE, CRM, is a successful real estate investor and property manager. He's author of Property Management Kit For Dummies and co-author of Landlord's Legal Kit For Dummies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part 1: Getting Started with Buying a Home 5
Chapter 1: Deciding Whether to Buy 7
Chapter 2: Getting Your Financial House in Order 23
Chapter 3: What Can You Afford to Buy? 39
Chapter 4: Why Home Prices Rise and Fall. 69
Part 2: Financing 101 83
Chapter 5: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score 85
Chapter 6: Selecting a Mortgage 103
Chapter 7: Mortgage Quandaries, Conundrums, and Forms 133
Part 3: Property, Players, and Prices 161
Chapter 8: Where and What to Buy 163
Chapter 9: Assembling an All-Star Real Estate Team 207
Chapter 10: What's It Worth? 239
Chapter 11: Tapping the Internet's Best Resources 261
Part 4: Making the Deal 271
Chapter 12: Negotiating Your Best Deal 273
Chapter 13: Inspecting and Protecting Your Home 301
Chapter 14: It Ain't Over till the Escrow Officer Says So 325
Part 5: The Part of Tens 341
Chapter 15: Ten Financial "To Dos" After You Buy 343
Chapter 16: Ten Things to Know When Investing in Real Estate 351
Chapter 17: Nearly Ten Things to Consider When Selling Your House 359
Part 6: Appendixes 367
Appendix A: Example of a Good Inspection Report 369
Appendix B: Glossary 387
Index 407