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Property, Buying, Selling and
Maintaining Tips and Hints - A Short Article Packed with
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Property:
Budgeting to Buy a House
Before buying a house make sure that you are financially secure.
Buying a house is the biggest expensive single thing a person will spend their
money on during their life. Make sure you can afford to buy your house by following
our tips.
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Run a Credit Report to make certain that there are no discrepancies
or problems in your credit history.
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Do an analysis of what your current financial situation is, where
the money comes from and where the money is presently going. Develop a household
budget for your current situation. Get into the habit of using it on a consistent
basis. Keep your spending patterns in check.
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Do an analysis of how buying a house will affect your budget.
Budgeting to Buy
If you want to buy a house, start by working out how much you can afford to
borrow. If you are in a lot of debt try to pay these off first before you start
your budget. (But don't get into any more debt in the mean time.) If you have
a lot of high-interest credit debt, try to move your balances to cheaper cards
and plan to spend a year paying off as much of that debt as possible. The less
debt you have the easier It will be to get a Mortgage.
Identify your long-term financial goals.
Owning a house may be one, saving enough for retirement may be another.
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Write down your monthly income, savings, and spending.
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Open a savings account to start saving for your house.
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Cut back on nonessential spending.
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If it is possible to do so without adversely affecting your down-payment
situation, pay off minor debts.
Before applying for a mortgage
Begin to gather items such as your last 3 years Income Tax returns, current
copies of pay stubs and records of any supplemental income you may have. If
you are self employed, you will need all business records and tax returns for
the last 3 years. Having these items close at hand will save an enormous amount
of time when the Mortgage Company begins to ask for them and they will ask for
them. You will have to pay a minimum 5% deposit to get a discount rate.
100% mortgages are available in some circumstances, but the interest rate is
usually very high. Generally the higher your initial deposit, the lower the
interest rate. So, if possible make sure you have at least 5% of the
loan-to-value (LTV) before you consider
buying a home.
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