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Vital Steps to Take When Purchasing Your First Home

Realty Biz

Using Online Real Estate Tools Thanks to technological advancements, searching for properties online has never been easier. Navigating the Home Inspection and Negotiation Process Once you have put a house under contract, the next step will be the home inspection.

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What to Know About Selling Your Home in Houston, Texas

HomeLight

Pre-listing inspection, if desired or needed: $279 to $400. Possible seller concessions in Houston. Negotiations with a buyer can result in additional indirect costs related to seller concessions or buyer incentives. However, many Houston agents will tell you that a lower price is better than a seller concession.

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What to Know About Selling a House in Austin, Texas

HomeLight

Pre-listing inspection, if desired or needed: $279 to $400. Possible seller concessions in Austin. Negotiations with a buyer can result in additional indirect costs related to seller concessions or buyer incentives. However, many Austin agents will tell you that a lower price is better than a seller concession.

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What to Know About Selling a House in New York State

HomeLight

Escrow fees: In many cases, the seller is expected to cover some of the fees paid to the third-party escrow company that is holding the buyer’s earnest money between contract and closing. This is typically 1%-2% of the sale price, and is negotiable between the buyer and seller.

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How to Pick a Real Estate Agent for Buying a Home

HomeLight

Overseeing the next steps once an offer is accepted — helping with financing approval, keeping track of timelines, explaining the inspection report. Leverage technology. In the next few years, more technology such as drone footage, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality may become more popular as well. Gauge connections.

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What to Expect When Selling a House Within a Year of Purchase?

HomeLight

Inspection and repair fees (varies). Seller concessions (2% to 6% to financially help the buyer). Using data from mortgage technology company ClosingCorp , Business Insider reports that the average closing costs required to buy a home in the U.S. The typical costs for selling a median price home in the U.S

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How to Sell a House By Owner in Washington State: A FSBO Guide

HomeLight

Not having agent representation could also lead to paying more in seller concessions. FSBO sellers might want to hire a home inspector for a pre-listing inspection to ferret out any major issues, such as a tired roof, then fix those items before going to market, she adds. Marketing your home is time-consuming.

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