Product Description

This new edition of America's # 1 best-selling real estate book takes the pain out of choosing, negotiating for, and buying a home. Helping home buyers save time and money, personal finance guru Eric Tyson and real estate maven Ray Brown deliver the up-to-date information people need, showing them how to:
* Research neighborhoods and home values
* Select the best mortgage-including the latest developments
* Understand the pros and cons of buying different types of housing
* Assemble the right team for putting the deal together
* Negotiate the best price and terms

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #578700 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From Amazon.com
This may be the best comprehensive guide for home buyers. Home Buying for Dummies is coauthored by Eric Tyson, author of several other books in the For Dummies series, and Ray Brown, a long-time real estate professional. Like other books in the series, this one is an easy and even entertaining read. But it does not gloss over details in pursuit of simplicity. Home Buying for Dummies covers all the bases, providing clear explanations and reasonable judgments on how to select a mortgage, hire a real estate agent, find the right house, and negotiate a good deal. The book goes further than most in providing helpful, specific information. For example, in discussing ways to save money for a future down payment, Home Buying for Dummies even includes the phone numbers for various mutual funds appropriate to different investment time frames. --Barry Mitzman

Ingram
The authors, experts in real estate and financial planning, provide information and advice on the home buying market and how to make wise decisions with solid financial planning. It is filled with tips on what, when and where to buy, and covers how to get the right people involved in the proceess, plus provides a handy checklist and helpful hints.

From the Back Cover

Are you considering making one of the largest investments of your life -- buying a home? Do you get headaches thinking about budgets, mortgage calculations, inpsections, and appraisals? Well, there's no need to stress!

Home Buying For Dummies™ takes the trauma out of buying a home and provides you with expert tips, advice, and suggestions for all aspects of buying a home. With sound financial advice from Eric Tyson, bestselling author of Personal Finance For Dummies® and Investing For Dummies™, and frontline real estate insights from real estate veteran Ray Brown, you'll have the tools and resources at your fingertips to make the right decisions.

Inside, you'll find advice on how to:

• Assess your financial picture and determine how buying a home fits into it
• Determine how much money you need for a down payment, taxes, closing costs, and insurance
• Select the best mortgage for you
• Research neighborhoods and home values to avoid paying too much
• Understand the pros and cons of buying different types of housing
• Assemble the right team to help you put the deal together
• Negotiate the best price and terms