BUYING A HOME – links to most recent related posts
HOMEBUYING PROCESS
- Buying Your First Home – 5 Questions to Ask before Starting Your Search
- Buying your first home…
- First Time Homebuyer Tips
- First-time Homebuyers Guide
- Home Buying Process
FINANCIAL
- How is your credit score calculated?
- Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended and Expanded
- Interest rates and good faith estimates
- Items needed for your loan application
- Is your lender an FHA Direct Endorsement lender?
- The mortgage process….
- How much cash do I need to buy a home?
- First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit – 2009 Highlights
- How much difference does interest rate make in my monthly payments & the price home I can afford?
- Credit reports and mortgage loans
- The Money Trail
- Things you will need when you apply for a mortgage
- How much cash do I need?
- Qualifying for your mortgage
- The Taxman Cometh…homeowner benefits
COMMUNITY
- Regional Guide to Schools
- City grants for home buyers…it can pay to live and work in the ‘Park’
- Shopping Neighborhoods
SHORT SALE / FORECLOSURE
- Foreclosures…reading the fine print
- First-Time Homebuyers and Foreclosures…a good fit?
- 10 Common Misconceptions about Buying Short Sales
- Free Foreclosure Listings – 10 Common Misconceptions about Buying Foreclosures
CONDOS / TOWNHOMES
- About dogs and townhomes…
- House vs Townhome vs Condo – Historical Market Overview
- Detached townhomes…isn’t that a house?
- Condo vs Townhome vs House
- No Dogs Allowed…about CIC association restrictions
- Buying a Condo with FHA/VA Financing
SENSE OF PLACE
- Planes…how many? where?
- House Blessings
- The Value of Green Space
- Trains…how many? how fast?
- Walkability…what is your location’s walk score?
- Accessibility
- House Blessings
- The Small House Movement
- Curb Appeal…the rest of the story
- MSP Airport Noise Footprint
- The Perfect House
- Finding ‘Your Place’…Part 1
- Finding ‘Your Place’…Part 2
INSPECTIONS
