Buying a home should be an exciting and satisfying experience. Choosing your REALTOR® is the first step toward ensuring that a new home and community meet your needs. The Lifestyles Realty Web sales professional will help find the home you're looking for.
- Represent your interests so you don't overpay or make costly mistakes.
- Insure that you see all properties in the area that meet your criteria.
- Guide you through the entire home buying process - from viewing to financing and ultimately to closing!
- Provide answers to your questions about the market area, schools, neighborhoods, churches, shopping, the local economy, and more!
BEFORE you start looking for your new home:
- Check your credit rating. Straighten out any errors before its too late.
- Determine a comfortable monthly budget for your new purchase, including the down payment amount and monthly payment.
- Get pre-qualified (preferably pre-approved) for financing. A pre-qualified buyer has more leverage!
- Try to narrow down your choice of neighborhoods.
- Identify important features you want your new home to have.
- Lender fees include charges for loan processing, underwriting, document preparation and establishing an escrow account.
- Third-party fees include charges for title search, title insurance and other inspections such as termite.
- Government fees include deed recording and state & local mortgage taxes.
- Escrow and interest fees include homeowner's insurance, prepaid loan interest, real estate taxes and private mortgage insurance (if applicable).
