Home Buying For Dummies® - Softcover

Tyson, Eric; Brown, Ray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568843852 ISBN 13: 9781568843858

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

Are you considering making one of the largest investments of your life –– buying a home? Do you get headaches thinking about budgets, mortgage calculations, inpsections, and appraisals? Well, there′s no need to stress!

Home Buying For Dummies™ takes the trauma out of buying a home and provides you with expert tips, advice, and suggestions for all aspects of buying a home. With sound financial advice from Eric Tyson, bestselling author of Personal Finance For Dummies® and Investing For Dummies™, and frontline real estate insights from real estate veteran Ray Brown, you′ll have the tools and resources at your fingertips to make the right decisions.

Inside, you′ll find advice on how to:

• Assess your financial picture and determine how buying a home fits into it
• Determine how much money you need for a down payment, taxes, closing costs, and insurance
• Select the best mortgage for you
• Research neighborhoods and home values to avoid paying too much
• Understand the pros and cons of buying different types of housing
• Assemble the right team to help you put the deal together
• Negotiate the best price and terms

About this title

From the Author

The best home buying book available!
By reading Home Buying for Dummies, for about the cost of a couple of movie tickets or dining out, you can quickly and easily discover how to save thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of dollars the next time you buy a home.

How can we make such a claim? Easy. Between the two of us, we've spent nearly 40 years personally advising thousands of people like you about home purchases and other important personal financial decisions. We've seen how ignorance of basic concepts and practices translates into money-draining mistakes. We know that many of these mistakes are both needless and avoidable.

No one is born knowing how to buy a home. Everyone who'd like to buy a home must learn how to do it. Unfortunately, too many people get a crash course in the school of hard knocks - and learn by making costly mistakes at their own expense.

Buying a home will probably be the largest purchase that you'll ever make. If you're like most people, buying a home can send shock waves through your personal finances and may even cause a sleepless night or two. Buying a home is a major financial step and a life event for most people. It certainly was for us when we bought our first homes. You owe it to yourself to do things right.

Why this is the best home buying book for you: *It's in English. Because we're still working with real people and answering real questions (Eric, through his financial counseling, teaching, and writing - Ray, through his radio show, real estate consulting, and writing), our information is current, and we have a great deal of experience at explaining things. This experience can put you firmly in control of the home-buying process (rather than having it control you). *It's objective. We're not trying to sell you an expensive newsletter or some real estate product that you don't need. Our goal is to make you as knowledgeable as possible before you purchase a home. We even explain why you may not want to buy a home. We're not here to be real estate cheerleaders. *It's holistic. When you purchase a home, that purchase affects your ability to save money and accomplish other important financial goals. We help you to understand how best to fit your home acquisition into the rest of your personal-finance puzzle. *It's a reference. You can read this book from cover to cover if you want. However, we know that you're busy and that you likely don't desire to become a real estate expert, so each portion of the book stands on its own. You can read it piecemeal to address your specific questions and immediate concerns.

From the Back Cover

"If you are considering buying a home, don't fail to read this excellent new book." Robert J. Bruss, Syndicated Real Estate Columnist "This is a reference you'll turn to time after time." St. Petersburg Times Praise for Home Buying For Dummies® "Invaluable information, especially for the first time home buyer." Fort Worth Star–Telegram "A favorite . Fun reading and informative." Minneapolis Star Tribune "Objective, down–to–earth . A book I wish I'd read before purchasing my first lemon–of–a–home." Wilmington News Journal

America's bestselling real estate book!

Packed with tips on how to negotiate a great deal

Bewildered by real estate mumbo jumbo? Relax! From getting your finances in order to bidding on a property and closing the deal, bestselling real estate authors Eric Tyson and Ray Brown walk you through the entire home–buying process and show you step–by–step how to come out on top.

Discover how to: Determine how much home you can afford Select the right type of mortgage Work with agents, brokers, lenders, and lawyers Research neighborhoods and home values Negotiate the best price and terms

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About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1568843852
• ISBN 13: 9781568843858
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368