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DEFINE THE NEEDS FOR YOUR
NEW HOME
Congratulations on your decision to purchase a
new home! Your first step toward buying your new
home will be to analyze your needs. Your RE/MAX
Village Properties realtor can assist in
analyzing your needs so that you will be able to
get a clear picture of exactly what you want
your new home to look like and how it should
function for you and your family.
First, you should write down why you are looking
for a new home.
For example, are you currently
renting and would like to have a home where you
can begin building equity? Maybe you recently
married and have outgrown your current
residence. Or, maybe you have just gotten a
promotion, which requires you to move to a new
city. These factors will all have a bearing on
how you approach your home search.
Second, establish a time frame that you would
like to stay within for buying your home.
Depending on your reasons for wanting a new home
and the current state of the market in the area
you are looking to buy, you should be able to
come up with a rough guideline, which you can
finalize at a later time.
Last, you most likely have a mental picture of
what you would like your house to look like and
what features it should have.
It's very
important to write these ideas down to avoid any
ambiguity later in your home search. You should
make at least two lists: one should be a list
describing your dream home and the other should
list the features of the home that are an
absolute must have in order to buy it. In a
perfect world, your new home would fulfill both
lists 100 percent. It is more likely that you
will end up blending the two lists into a
schedule of prioritized items as you progress
through the buying process. This is a natural
and evolutionary process as you get clearer
about what you want and what is available. |
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