Homebuilding Pitfalls
Homebuilding Pitfalls exposes the inside secrets and practices used by builders, and shows you how to avoid these ripoffs. It is a must read for anyone planning on buying or building a new home. Written by an insider who managed the warranty department for one of the country’s largest builders.
Explore content from the book in Expert Advice or read an overview in "Study Pitfalls to Avoid Experiencing Your Own." |
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The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House
"You sketch a plan on the back of an envelope, hand it to a builder, and voil…! You get your house." Not so, writes Katherine Salant in The Brand-New House Book: Everything You Need to Know About Planning, Designing, and Building a Custom, Semi-Custom, or Production-Built House, a helpful demystification of these complicated, expensive processes. Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and architect Salant the book stems from "Your New Home" for Inman News Features, and "Housewatch" for the Washington Post guides readers through financing, lot selection, flooring, contracts and construction. Given that more than one million people buy new single-family homes each year, this book should find a grateful market. Agent, Loretta Fidel. |
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100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask
From the most trusted name in real estate, here is the latest edition of the indispensable guide that helps first-time buyers land the home of their dreams.
Ilyce R. Glink has established herself as America’s most trusted real estate expert. In this new, fully revised and updated edition of the book that made her a household name, Glink offers more than 100 pages of new material addressing all of the current trends home buyers need to stay on top of, including:
• The new construction housing boom and how home buyers can make the most of it
• Mortgage lending innovations, such as interest-only financing and the ability to finance 103 percent of the purchase price
• The changing habits of first-time home buyers (purchasing without a broker, using discount Internet-based services, and buying first homes as investments)
• The latest information on asbestos, mold, radon, and other bio-environmental hazards and new, inexpensive testing methods any home buyer can use
In this third edition of 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask, Glink presents new stories of real people who have gone through the home-buying process for the first time and once again offers her trademark friendly advice on how to avoid common home-buyer mistakes. |
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House Hunting: The Take-Along Workbook for Home Buyers
Experienced real estate writer and 25-year realty broker Dian Hymer has written a “House Hunting” workbook that should be required reading for serious home buyers. It is an extremely practical sourcebook to gather just about everything needed during the home quest.
Hymer, whose “Starting Out” column appears in this and other newspapers nationwide, has created an unusual carry-along book for buyers. Each chapter is marked with tabs for easy reference. It is also a workbook designed with fill-in-the-blank checklists and questions buyers should ask.
Each chapter contains Hymer’s sage advice, gained from many years of successful sales experience helping buyers and sellers.
This is a book to be scanned first, then read and lastly used by filling in the blanks at each step in the home-buying procedure. |
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Mortgage Encyclopedia: An Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls
With the creation of so many new, complex mortgage programs, it's difficult for consumers --not to mention real estate agents, attorneys, closing agents, and mortgage brokers--to keep track of them all. Written by nationally syndicated real estate columnist Jack Guttentag, The Mortgage Encyclopedia helps readers understand the various mortgage terms, features, and options by offering clear, precise explanations. The alphabetical organization of terms makes it easy to quickly find information on any topic, from FHA, Investor, and No-PMI Loans to Origination Fee and Rate Float. Each entry includes not just a description of the term, but also relevant advice for consumers, such as answers to the questions "Is this loan right for me?" and "Can I negotiate this fee?"
* Guides readers through the bewildering array of new mortgage programs
* Features definitions and explanations of common mortgage, escrow, and closing fees and arcane mortgage terminology |
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10 Steps to Home Ownership: A Workbook for First-Time Buyers
First-time homebuyers have a guide specifically tailored to their needs in 10 Steps to Home Ownership. Author Ilyce R. Glink writes reassuringly for those who are new to the often-confusing world of real estate. Her book is full of worksheets, allowing readers to pencil out solutions to home buying's many riddles: How big a mortgage can you qualify for? How much money will you need at closing? This book, 10 Steps to Home Ownership, can help readers who find themselves dreaming of home ownership but are too bewildered to take the first steps. |
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