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Nolo's essential guide to buying your first home / Ilona Bray, J.D., Attorney Ann O'Connell.

Summary:

"This book provides everything a 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 15 real estate professionals--brokers, attorneys, mortgage specialists, a home inspector, and more. Also included are the real-life stories of over 20 first-time homebuyers" -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781413330052
  • ISBN: 1413330053
  • Physical Description: 430 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Eighth edition.
  • Publisher: El Segundo : Nolo, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Revised edition of the authors' Nolo's essential guide to buying your first home, [2019].
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What's so great about buying a house? -- What do you want? Figuring out your homebuying needs -- Does this mean I have to balance my checkbook? Figuring out what you can afford -- Stepping out: What's on the market and at what price -- Select your players: The real estate team -- Bring home the bacon: Getting a mortgage -- Mom and dad? The seller? Uncle Sam? Loan alternatives -- I love it! It's perfect! Looking for the right house -- Plan B: Fixer-uppers, FSBOs, foreclosures, and more -- Show them the money: From offer to purchase agreement -- Toward the finish line: Tasks before closing -- Send in the big guns: Professional property inspectors --Who's got your back? Homeowners' insurance and home warranties -- Seal the deal: Finalizing your homebuying dreams.
Subject: House buying.
Mortgage loans.
Real estate agents.
Real estate listings.
Genre: Law for laypersons.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.

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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home
Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home
by Bray, Ilona; O'Connell, Ann
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Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home


There's no place like home! Ready to say goodbye to your landlord? With help from Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home ,you'll not only find the right house for you, you'll have fun doing it. Learn how to: * research thelocal market and listings * choose ahouse, condo, co-op, or townhouse * create arealistic budget * qualify fora loan you can truly afford * borrow adown payment from friends or family * protectyourself with inspections and insurance, and * negotiate andclose the deal successfully. You'll find insights from numerous real estateprofessionals--agents, attorneys, mortgage specialists, a home inspector, andmore. It's like having a team of experts by your side! Plus, read real-lifestories of over 20 first-time homebuyers.

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