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Book

Tips and traps when buying a home

Call Number

  • 643.12 I728 2009 (CEN)

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Edition

4th ed.

Publication Information

New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.

Physical Description

xii, 276 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Is this the right time to buy?
  • What's your reason for buying?
  • What you can and cannot afford
  • Picking the right agent
  • Picking the right home
  • What about foreclosures?
  • Negotiating to win
  • What should you offer?
  • The all important purchase agreement
  • Closing the deal
  • Buy a lot and build
  • Buy a fixer-upper
  • Buy a FSBO
  • Buy a new home
  • Buy a condo or a cop-op
  • Reading seller's disclosures and home inspections
  • How to turn your credit around
  • A financing primer
  • Understanding real estate talk
  • What you should know about mortgages.

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