Buying a home is a massive decision, so it pays to do it right. The home viewing will be your first step in evaluating a purchase. This can be part of an open house or a private viewing arranged through the listing agent. Whichever one it is, you should go in looking...
First-Time Home Buyers
5 Reasons Why Buying a Home is a Smart Move for Millenials
When you reach your early 20's, buying a home can seem like a far-off goal. After all, your early 20's is the time when you should be enjoying your youth, building your career and making the most of the abundant opportunities before you. But actually, buying a home...
Strategies for Making the Best Offer on a Home
Viewing homes can be an exciting process, especially if it's your first home. You get to walk through each room of an open house and visualize how you would use the space and make it your own. All the while, enjoying the tour by the listing agent and (maybe)...
Top Tips for Speeding up the Home Buying Process
Buying a home is an exciting time, especially if you're a first-time buyer. After all, you're looking for the perfect future home that will serve you in the years ahead. But before you can put down those roots you need to navigate the home buying process. This can...
How to Spot a Home with Good Resale Value
It sounds strange to say but the time to think about selling a home is before you buy it. Unless you're planning to use it as a retirement home to spend your golden years in, you'll want to be thinking of selling it once you've outgrown its needs. If you buy a home...
How to Relocate
Relocating can be an expensive and stressful proposition. There are a number of important decisions to be made, all within a deadline and a budget. When your relocation involves a distant move, there is uncertainty about finding the right home and community to fit...
First-Time Home Buyers Guide
For first-time home buyers, being represented by a NAEBA member Exclusive Buyer Agent (EBA) is absolutely essential. There are many details of the home buying process that can seem overwhelming to a first-time buyer. But with the knowledge and guidance of an exclusive...
Protection During the Home Buying Process
Enjoy peace of mind during the home buying process by planning ahead and finding a buyer agent before you shop for your new home. The ideal agent, one exclusively representing real estate buyers, can be found through an interview based on the kind of questions they...
HUD Secretary Donovan Announces Plan for Immediate Access to First Time Home Buyer Credit
Qualified first time home buyers will be eligible for a tax credit of up to $8,000 when filing their annual tax return. On Friday, May 29, 2009, however, HUD Secretary Donovan announced that the tax credit may be immediately available to those buyers. Currently,...
FIRST-TIME BUYERS TOTAL 41% OF ALL RESIDENTIAL SALES IN 2008
The current economic climate can be a good time to buy as long as you know what you are getting into. According to theWall Street Journal, first time home buyers made up 41% of the housing market by the end of 2008. First-time buyers are enticed by the reduced home...
115. TYPICAL FIRST-TIME BUYERS ARE IDEAL CANDIDATES FOR EXCLUSIVE BUYER’S Agents
AVONDALE, AZ—Sophia and Blake are what you might call the ideal candidates to the real estate market in third quarter 2009. At 26 and 27, respectively, they have two college degrees between them, good credit, and both are employed. P.S., they have a small savings...
Typical First-Time Buyers Are Ideal Candidates For Exclusive Buyer’s Agents
AVONDALE, AZ–Sophia and Blake are what you might call the ideal candidates to the real estate market in third quarter 2009. At 26 and 27, respectively, they have two college degrees between them, good credit, and both are employed. They have a small savings account...