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10
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Step
1 - Needs Analysis |
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Congratulations
on your decision to purchase a new home! Your first step toward buying your
new home will be to analyze your needs. Your real estate agent 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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