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1. | Improve Your Credit Score Before Buying a Home
Several months before you begin to look for a home, you should take steps to get "credit approved" for your loan. Start by making a list of all your existing loans and credit cards, with the company names, account numbers and monthly payment ...
[Added: 19 Mar 2006 Hits: 275 Words: 1191]
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2. | Seven Steps to De-Clutter Your Home for Sale
Your home may be in good condition and well built, yet simple clutter will create a perception of chaos, confusion, and disorder. The purchase decision is an emotional and intellectual response, based on a level of trust in your home. When ...
[Added: 03 Feb 2006 Hits: 332 Words: 1312]
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3. | The Value of Inspections for New Construction
Buyers of re-sale homes almost always have their homes inspected by a professional inspector. Buyers of new homes, however, often do not take this important step. There are several reasons for this:
The buyer is getting a brand ...
[Added: 27 Jan 2006 Hits: 270 Words: 1011]
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4. | The Value of Construction Inspections
Buyers of re-sale homes almost always have their homes inspected by a professional inspector. Buyers of new homes, however, often do not take this important step. There are several reasons for this:
The buyer is getting a brand new home, and ...
[Added: 25 Jan 2006 Hits: 333 Words: 1011]
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5. | Home Seller - Make Needed Repairs
Before a buyer considers your home seriously, it must meet his needs in many ways. It must be a suitable neighborhood, commuting distance, size, layout, etc. If most of these needs are met, the buyer will move toward making an offer for your home. The ...
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6. | Real Estate Ownership - Condominium or Fee Simple
I. Introduction
There is a common perception that condos are apartment-style buildings, that townhouses are two-story row houses with adjoining walls, and that garden homes are free-standing houses on small lots. Unfortunately, this perception may create confusion about real ...
[Added: 14 Jan 2006 Hits: 376 Words: 1212]
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7. | Estimating Your Homes Market Value
Professional appraisers sum it up in three words -- buyers make value. Ultimately, the value of your home is what a reasonable buyer is willing to pay within a reasonable time. Setting an asking price for your home ...
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8. | Negotiating the Sale of Your Home
Negotiating a successful sale of your home requires an environment that sustains the buyer's interest and trust during the process. Many of our clients have been very experienced negotiators, and from them we have learned that the goal is ...
[Added: 30 Oct 2005 Hits: 278 Words: 1747]
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