Insight To Help You Through The Home Purchase Process

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Insight To Help You Through The Home Purchase Process

20 April 2021
 Categories: Real Estate, Blog


The time has come for you to pursue homeownership and start the process to find and buy your own home. Buying a home is not a weekend process, as it can take weeks and often months to complete to find your home and finalize the purchase. Here are some ideas to help you as you look for a home to buy.

Know How Much You Can Afford

As a future homeowner, you need to make sure the finances behind your home purchase are established and you can proceed through the home purchase successfully. This will prevent you from buying a home that is over your spending budget. Keep in mind your mortgage broker will pre-qualify you for a mortgage limit, but this may not be the total amount you need to borrow. The maximum on your loan is just that — a maximum — and you can reduce your limit to fit your personal comfort level and to stay in line with your personal household budget.

Go through to make a list of your financial expenses each month to calculate how much you are comfortable in allotting your mortgage and new homeownership costs. These costs for your new home may include increased utilities, homeowners insurance, home maintenance, and repairs.

Look For Real Estate Services

As a home buyer, you should also gain access to professional services that will help you during the search and purchase. When you hire a real estate agent, they can provide you with information on homes for sale based on specific criteria, arrange for personal showings, and gather additional information on a property, such as utility costs, HOA fees, and crime statistics for the area. 

Your realtor can also help you in negotiating the purchase of a home to help you get a good price and favorable purchase terms. If you are, for example, looking to buy a home with seller financing from the home seller, your realtor can help you find these properties and complete the contracts and paperwork for the purchase contract and payment details. They will be able to recommend other professional services that you will need in the purchase of the home, such as a professional home inspection, an appraisal, and a radon and termite inspection. Depending on the area in which the home is located and the type and age of the home, you may need to have specific inspections completed before you proceed with the closing.