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Homebuying Programs & Resources
- Who is Fannie Mae?
- What is the Community Home Buyers program?
- How can Fannie Mae help a home buyer?
- Are there Fannie Mae programs for inner cities?
- What is Fannie Mae's low-down program?
- What is the Mortgage Credit Certificate program?
- What are the rules for mortgage credit certificates?
- Can I get a HUD home for as little as $100 down?
- Do you have to buy HUD homes through a realty agent?
- Do states offer help to home buyers?
House Hunting
- How do I get the real scoop on homes I am looking at?
- Where do I get information on manufactured housing?
- What are some new-home cautions?
- What about new versus previously owned?
- What is the return on new versus previously owned homes?
- What are considerations to buying a new home?
- Do we dig deep and buy a dream home or settle for a starter home?
- How do I get the real scoop on homes I am looking at?
Buying a Home
- How do you choose between buying and renting?
- How do you choose between condos and single-family homes?
- Can you buy homes below market?
- What is the first step to buying a home?
- How do you qualify as a first-time buyer?
- What is the best time to buy?
- When is a good time to buy?
- Should I buy a vacation home?
- How much will I spend on maintenance expenses?
- Can a co-owner force someone off a shared deed?
- What do all of those real estate acronyms in the ads mean?
- Is equity sharing a good idea?
- Where do I get information about housing discrimination?
- Where do I get information on filing consumer complaints?
- What happens at a trustee sale?
- What is a lease option?
- Where do I get information on lease options?
- How do lease options work and what are the benefits?
Mortgages & Home Finance
- Where do I get information on finding the best loan?
- Where do I get information on mortgages?
- What is the first step when looking for a home loan?
- Where do I get information about closing costs?
- What are closing costs?
- Who pays the closing costs?
- How can I save on closing costs?
- What about these ads for no-cost loans?
- Is there such a thing as a no-cost or no-fee loan?
- Do I have to disclose a parent's gift?
- Where do I get information on lock-ins?
- What is the value of a mortgage lock-in?
- What is PMI?
- Is PMI always required on low-down home loans?
- What does PMI cost?
- How do I drop PMI?
- Where do I get information on PMI?
- What is an impound account?
- Do all loans require impound accounts?
- Do FHA loans require impound accounts?
- Are there low-down-payment home loans?
- Are there no-down payment home loans?
- How do some of these low-down programs work?
- Who do I call for a low-down-payment loan?
- What is a low down payment?
- Should I put more or less down, if we can afford it?
- What about nothing down?
- Are there alternatives to low-down-payment loans?
- What are the benefits of seller financing?
- How are the rates set for seller financing?
- What is seller financing?
- What is APR?
- Where are interest rates headed?
- How do you lock in an interest rate?
- How do you choose between fixed and adjustable rates?
- What are rates for FHA and VA loans?
- How do you get a low-interest rate loan?
- Do you advise a lock-in on a home loan?
- When is the best time to refinance?
- Where do I get information on refinancing?
- What are the most popular ARM indices?
- How do adjustable-rate loans change?
- Where can I get adjustable-rate loan info?
- What about a 15-year v. 30 year loan?
- What about splitting my mortgage in two and paying bi-weekly?
- What are the benefits of pre-paying the mortgage?
- Where do I get information on correcting loan payments?
- Are 40-year mortgages a good idea?
- What can I afford?
- What is a reverse mortgage loan?
- Do builders give financing?
- Where do I get information on the secondary market?
- What do I do if I get turned down for a loan?
- What is the standard debt-to-income ratio?
- Are FHA loans assumable?
- How do you find out if a loan is assumable?
- What are no-doc loans?
- Can someone who is unemployed get a loan?
- What options are there after Chapter 11?
- Can I refinance after bankruptcy?
- How long do bankruptcies and foreclosures stay on a credit report?
- What is negative amortization?
- When is a negative-amortization loan a good idea?
- Can I convert a negative-amortization loan to a regular loan?
- What are the risks of "b" and "c" loans?
- What is a gift letter?
- Where do I get information on who regulates lenders?
People You Need
- How do you find a good agent?
- How do I find a real estate agent?
- What about a buyer's agent?
- Where can I get information on buyer agents?
- Can I use an agent for a new home?
- How much does my real estate agent need to know?
- Do I need an attorney when I buy a house?
- Where do I get information about finding a real estate attorney?
- What kind of home insurance should I get?
- What is guaranteed replacement cost insurance?
- What standards do appraisers use to estimate value?
- Where can I get a list of architects?
- Where can I get a list of home builders?
- Where can I get a list of mortgage brokers?
- Should I hire a home inspector for a new home?
- How do I find a home inspector?
- What's a home inspection?
- Do I need a home inspection?
- How do I find a home inspector?
- Why do I need a title report?
- What are some guidelines to follow when trying to find a contractor?
Deductions & Taxes
- How do I save on taxes?
- What tax benefits are there to homeowners?
- How do property taxes work?
- Are property taxes deductible?
- Where can I learn more about appealing my property taxes?
- Are taxes on second homes deductible?
- What home-buying costs are deductible?
- Explain the home mortgage deduction?
- Are there tax credits for first-time home buyers?
- Are seller-paid points deductible?
- Can you deduct the cost of home improvements?
- Are there any special tax breaks for historic rehab?
- What are the rules on capital gains when inheriting a house?
- Can I deduct the loss I suffered when I sold my home?
- Are points deductible?
- Where do I get information on IRS publications?
- How do I reach the IRS?
- Are the costs of a natural disaster deductible?