How to Buy a Home
It begins with Preparation
When thinking about buying a home the first mistake many home buyers make is run out or go online and start looking at houses. To minimize mistakes and maximize your time, you must resist the urge to start looking for houses. Instead you need to be prepared before looking at your first house. Your success is contingent how well (or poorly) prepared a home buyer is prior to making the purchase. This preparation does not need to take a great deal of time, and most of it can be done from the comfort of your home, but it is important to spend some time getting ready before running off to look at specific homes.
In this article, which is the third of the series, we will discuss evaluating your budget which will be the determining factor how many Needs and Wants you can afford.
Know your Budget for buying a home
Ok it is reality check time. You've determined your reason and what you need and want in a dream home. Now it is time to determine how much you can comfortably afford. In order to do this you must determine a budget. A budget is simply how much money you have coming in and much money is going out of your bank account. If you don't have a budget setup then it is imperative to start one. When owning a home you need to become fiscally responsible.
Home buyers, lenders, and the government collectively played a role in the housing meltdown we currently are in. Home buyers bought homes with loans they could not afford long term. Lenders greatly reduced their strict lending guidelines and practices. And the government put pressure on lenders to offer risky loans so more home buyers could qualify to buy a home they could not afford. Most notably were the Zero down, Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs), and Home Equity Loans (HELOC) type loans. Since numerous people could easily qualify for loans, buyers and money flooded the market place. The law of Supply and Demand kicked in big time and housing prices soared to record highs at a rapid pace which over time was not sustainable. Well as we all know the housing bubble burst virtually over night. Several reasons contributed to the bubble burst; ARMs adjusted, property taxes increased, gas prices increased, the economy went into a recession causing layoffs, and housing values dropped. All these factors contributed to the overall cascading collapse of the housing market.
Two reasons why you need to understand the history and lessons learned from the housing market collapse. First we all need to get back to sound fiscal responsibility. Home buyers need to purchase only homes which they can comfortably afford. In addition, lenders have returned to their strict, but responsible, lending guidelines and practices. The Government has backed off their pressure on lenders for their political selfish reasons. Collectively we can't afford to continue the mistakes of the past. Second, this is a tremendous time to buy a home because prices are below market value. You need to position yourself to take advantage this tremendous buyer market. Because someone's misfortune is your opportunity to purchase a home under market value.
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The goal is to find a home which includes all your needs and as many of your wants which remain within your budget. We just covered the budget, next we'll discuss other financial considerations of this puzzle.
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