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    How to Buy Your First Home

    By Diana Summers

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    Take the fear out of buying your first home

    For many, the process of buying a home for the first time can seem intimidating and overwhelming. How to Buy Your First Home is your resource for information on the subject. This book guides you through the entire process, including:

    Preliminaries-Renting versus buying, determining what you can afford, deciding where to live

    Searching for Your Home-What to look for in a home, hiring a realtor

    Finances-Mortgage basics, government agencies, home loans for veterans

    The Buying Process-Weighing your mortgage options, hiring an attorney, making an offer, inspecting and appraising your home

    The Future-Caring for your home and increasing the value of your investment

    Included within the text are Attorney Tip boxes that highlight important facts. Click on This boxes will guide you to helpful websites for additional information about calculating costs, locating homes in your area and more.

    Extensive appendices include a glossary of important terms, contact information for state offices of real estate regulation and sample worksheets to help you as you make your decisions.

    Written by an experienced attorney, How to Buy Your First Home is the resource that will take the mystery out of buying a home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSourcebooks
    Release dateMay 1, 2005
    ISBN9781402233982
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    How to Buy Your First Home
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    Diana Summers

    Diana Brodman Summers received her JD from DePaul University College of Law in 1993 and passed the Bar Exam in Illinois. She has an undergraduate degree majoring in Business Administration and Computer Science from Roosevelt University. Currently, Ms. Summers maintains a law office concentrating on Employment Law for the employees in Lisle, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Ms. Summers is an arbitrator for both the Cook and DuPage County mandatory arbitration programs. She is an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association, the DuPage Bar Association of Women Lawyers, and the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Summers has written articles and lectured on computerizing small law firms for the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Summers can be reached at www.lawyer4employees.com

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