Your turn-key guide to crucial information about buying a new home before you take the plunge
Home Buying Kit For Dummies, 7th Edition simplifies and explains the home-buying process to new home buyers everywhere. Authors Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown inform and educate readers in the simple, straightforward and incisive style the For Dummies series is known for across the world.
This book covers all the topics necessary to tackle the purchase of a home with confidence, including:
* Complete coverage of new US tax rules and strategies
* What’s happening with home financing given the high home prices and fluctuating economies found in many markets
* How to compare renting and buying in light of new rules regarding mortgage interest and property tax write-offs
* Updated coverage of internet resources and how to best utilize them as a buyer
The 7th Edition of Home Buying Kit For Dummies offers brand new content of particular interest to millennial homebuyers, as well as freshly updated online companion content.
Table des matières
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 21
Chapter 3: What Can You Afford to Buy? 37
Chapter 4: Why Home Prices Rise and Fall 67
Part 2: Financing 101 81
Chapter 5: Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score 83
Chapter 6: Selecting a Mortgage 99
Chapter 7: Mortgage Quandaries, Conundrums, and Forms 129
Part 3: Property, Players, and Prices 155
Chapter 8: Where and What to Buy 157
Chapter 9: Assembling an All-Star Real Estate Team 197
Chapter 10: What’s It Worth? 227
Chapter 11: Tapping the Internet’s Best Resources 247
Part 4: Making the Deal 257
Chapter 12: Negotiating Your Best Deal 259
Chapter 13: Inspecting and Protecting Your Home 287
Chapter 14: It Ain’t Over till the Weight-Challenged Escrow Officer Sings 309
Part 5: The Part of Tens 325
Chapter 15: Ten Financial ‘To Do’s’ After You Buy 327
Chapter 16: Ten Things to Know When Investing in Real Estate 335
Chapter 17: Ten Things to Consider When Selling Your House 343
Part 6: Appendixes 351
Appendix A: Sample Real Estate Purchase Contract 353
Appendix B: Sample Short-Sale Addendum plus Short-Sale Information and Advisory 365
Appendix C: Example of a Good Inspection Report 373
Appendix D: Glossary 393
Index 411
A propos de l’auteur
Eric Tyson is a personal finance writer, lecturer, and former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms.
Ray Brown is a real estate professional with over four decades of hands-on experience and a public speaker on residential real estate topics.
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