Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Home Buying Secrets

By Madeleine Glazier


Home buying can be one of your greatest buying experiences but it can still be the most stressful experience to have. There are buying tips and guides you can follow with home buying to ensure that what you get will really be the one that will perfectly fit your needs. These are guidelines that can make the process faster in finding the house that you dreamt having, and these are guides that can make the process easier.

Before you start the home acquisition process, get a pre-approval for a home loan. This is important because you have conferred with a loan officer and have already figured out the comfortable amount you can afford. To make this process easy for you and get pre-approved fast, your spending several months prior should be low. Spending a bundle on expensive things should be cut because this will show in your credit score. Spend only conservatively so that financial lenders will see that you have better financial management.

Being realistic in finding a house to buy is a must and to do this, the location of the houses to buy has to be inspected. This is important because you may find the house on a very busy street or busy intersections or the neighborhood houses are smaller or just not the ideal neighborhood. Visit the location at different times so that you will have a realistic idea and also to check if the place is noisy. Check if the neighborhood is quiet when people are at work or in school and also in the afternoons and evenings.

Take a look at the local schools. Even if you don't care about the local schools, their ranking has a direct effect on home values, so if you ever need to sell, it's easier to sell your home if it's in an area with top schools. So even if you are an empty nester or never plan to have children, this is still something to consider.

Do not fall in love with a house or one you like so much that you are not willing to part from it. This can mean that if the price is just not right or there are other issues regarding the house, you can move on easily and find another. An example is you will need to spend much for roof replacement or other issues that will incur huge expenses and later you will find other houses that will not need these huge expenses spent. If you are not giving commitment right away and very willing to walk away to find others, this can improve negotiating power.

Contact the expert professionals at 1stInSite if you are already ready to look for Walnut Creek real estate, Lafayette homes for sale, Orinda homes for sale, Moraga real estate or homes in any other city or town in the East Bay. The 1stInSite team has many years of experience helping clients buy and sell different types of properties throughout the San Francisco Bay area.




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