100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers From Top Brokers From Around The Country - Softcover

Glink, Ilyce R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400081971 ISBN 13: 9781400081974

Publisher: Three Rivers Pr, 2005

Synopsis

From the most trusted name in real estate, here is the latest edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams.

Ilyce R. Glink has established herself as America's most trusted real estate expert. In this new, fully revised and updated edition of the book that made her a household name, Glink offers more than 100 pages of new material addressing all of the current trends home buyers need to stay on top of, including:

- The new construction housing boom and how home buyers can make the most of it

- Mortgage lending innovations, such as interest-only financing and the ability to finance 103 percent of the purchase price

- The changing habits of first-time home buyers (purchasing without a broker, using discount Internet-based services, and buying first homes as investments)

- The latest information on asbestos, mold, radon, and other bio-environmental hazards and new, inexpensive testing methods any home buyer can use

In this third edition of 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Glink presents new stories of real people who have gone through the home-buying process for the first time and once again offers her trademark friendly advice on how to avoid common home-buyer mistakes.

Also available as an eBook

About this title

From the Author

The best friend a home buyer could have.
As a journalist covering the real estate and personal finance industries for the past 11 years, I am amazed how many real estate agents, mortgage lenders, appraisers, and title company closers fail to realize just how confusing the real estate process can be for the average home buyer.

I wrote 100 QUESTIONS EVERY FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER SHOULD ASK because I felt that almost all first-time buyers, and even those of you who haven't bought a home in the past five years, basically have the same questions you need answered in order to successfully complete your purchase. I still feel this way.

Although the book was published some time ago (I'm working on a completely revised edition, which will be out in January, 2000), I'm gratified that so many readers still email me to say that the book has proved enormously useful. In fact, the Washington Post recently named my book as one of the best books to buy.

Most readers of my book seem to enjoy learning about the process without confusing jargon and without industry professionals talking down to them (which many do simply because they know the business so well). We have more than 150,000 copies in print of this book, and I'm delighted to have helped so many people.

If you're wondering or worrying about the home buying process, if you don't understand how amortization tables work, if you don't know how to structure your offer, and if you don't know which kind of agent to work with, then this book is for you.

And, as I have been for the past 5 years, I'm available to answer any further questions you may have as you go through the process.

Remember, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to buy a home successfully. You just have to know what questions to ask.

Good luck, ILYCE R. GLINK

About the Author

Ilyce R. Glink's newspaper column, "Real Estate Matters," appears in more than 160 newspapers and websites nationwide. She is the financial reporter for WGN-TV in Chicago, a radio talk-show host for WSB-AM in Atlanta, and has appeared on Oprah, the Today Show, CNN, and CNBC. Glink's website, thinkglink.com, gets thousands of visitors per day. She lives just outside Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1400081971
• ISBN 13: 9781400081974
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 490