Home Buyer's Guide and Tools
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First-Time Buyer? Read about some things you need to be aware of, if you're new to this process. Knowlege is powerful, it helps you make better decisons.
Learn About the Greater Phoenix Communities and homes in the surrounding metro area before you invest. Refer to the Featured Areas section for community information.
Buy Your Phoenix Home with a REALTOR®: Read our buyer's guarantee and find out why working with a REALTOR® takes the guesswork out of buying a home.
Use the Mortgage Calculator to figure out what your mortgage payments will be on the Phoenix home you want.
Connect to a Real Estate Professional: Contact us anytime you need to know more about the area or any property that interests you. When you're ready to take the next step toward purchasing a home, we're here to help.
International Buyers: We can help you buy property here, even if you're in another country and we have lots of transactions involving Canadians.
Phoenix Home Buying Guide
We've built this guide as a resource for anyone looking to buy a home in Greater Phoenix. It's filled with useful tips, checklists, sample contract forms, and features that take the confusion out and put knowlage in, because the more your informed the better decisions you can make.
Decide To Buy
If it is the right time for you. A home purchase, for most, is a big step an will affect your financial future and your life. Make sure it's the right move for you. Not everyone needs to own, especially in this more mobile society. If it works for you then go for it.
Decide on your needs
Decide on your home needs and what you want. What will best suite your needs, a house or condo: something new or resale or historic: what do you need: a yard, or a shorter commute, how many baths and bedroom. What is your lifestyle. Set your priorities.
Hire An Agent and put your team together
Choose a full time agent with experience and in the know, one who provides value and fair representation.
Mortgages
Before you start looking for a home, you need to think about financing, that is unless you're buying cash. You need to do this to get an accurate idea of your purchase price range and the ability to act quickly when you find the right property. Essentiall you cannot even put in an offer until you have a letter from a lender stating that you're qualifed for a home loan.
Financing is a vast topic, so it's been divided it into three primary sections:
- Financing Basics - How do you choose from all the mortgage types, rates and options? FHA, VA, Arm, 15 year and 30 year loans are just a few of the options.
- Mortgage Pre-Approval - What is mortgage pre-approval and how is it different from a pre-qualification? Which makes you a stronger buyer? Why do you need it before you start looking for homes, and how do you get it?
- Choose a Lender or Broker - Ready to talk about a mortgage for you next home, but not sure how to pick the right person for the job? Find the information you need in our Real Estate Service Providers section.
Finding the Right Home
How do you start your Phoenx home search? How will inPhoenix Realty Group help you search for a home? How do you read the listing details for a home? How do you keep track of your favorite homes at PhoenixMarketTrends?
Prepare A Strategy and Search for Homes
Search Phoenix homes online, take a drive and ask lots of questions, ignore the furniture, remember that paint is cheap and trust you intuition.
Don't miss our new mobile version of the Phoenix homes search made specifically for you iphone, android or other smart phoenix.
Viewing Phoenix Homes
After you've been approved for financing and you have a stragegy set the home search begins. When and how do you start viewing homes depends on your strategy. How do you pick the right neighborhood and area is just as important as the home itself.
Making an Offer On Phoenix Properties
What happens when you make an offer on a house? How do you know that what you have is great deal? What's a Comparative Market Analysis, why is it so important and how do you get it? How does the offer process work in Phoenix? There is a lot to consider and many choices to make, often on incomplete information.
Secure A Home
Find a deal and make an offer. There is a fair price to pay and sometimes it can be a deal.
Perform Due Diligence
You have seen the home, now do the research on the condition, the neighborhood details and anything else that's of material matter.
Work on the mortgage
Get a loan that matches your needs and always overshoot for time frames. Also remember not to change anything in your finances without consulting you mortgage broker and your agent.
Close the transaction
Once your due diligence is done and everything is ready and agreed up the home may close and become your. When the seller signs and you sign and it's recorded publicly the home is yours.
Plan your future
A home will need the be maintained to retain and grow its value.
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