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	Why Buy New Should I buy a new home or an existing home?		The Buying Process Buying a new home can be overwhelming, find help here.
	Financing and Pricing Are you getting a good deal, or taken to the cleaners?		Working With Your Builder Builders have their own language, get help translating.
	The Details Options and upgrades should be fun, make sure

Why Buy A Newly Built Home: The Emotional Aspects
One thing is certain; of all the reasons to buy new homes, emotion has to be one of the biggest factors influencing a buying decision.

Why Buy A Newly Built Home: Appreciation
No one has a crystal ball when it comes to investing, but how does buying a new home spell a good investment?

Why Buy A Newly Built Home: Interview with a Builder
Outlining some of the reasons to consider new construction when looking for a home.

Take Advantage of A Buyers Market
Housing Boom Over? Take Advantage of A Buyers Market

Working with a Buyer's Agent
Tips on whether to sign an exclusive agency agreement.

Home Builder Disclosure Requirements
You are about to sign and initial literally dozens of pages of contractual builder documents, including some rather scary-looking documents with headings using the word "disclosure" in them.

Evaluating New Home Quality
Looking at new homes is like looking at new cars; they all look beautiful and drive great, but what about quality?

Customer Service Standards
Good customer service is important in every industry, but especially important when making a huge investment, such as the one you will make in a new home.

Should You Ask For Non-Standard Extras?
Your head is spinning from staring at, budgeting for, and finally making decisions on options for your new home, but you think you may finally be in the clear.

Is Your New Home A Good Fit?
When shopping for a new home, first impressions are king. Just remember that you're probably being bowled over by the sizzle, and not necessarily the steak, so try to get real as quickly as possible.

Selecting the Lot for Your New Home
The three most important things that create value for real estate: location, location, location. For this paramount decision in buying a new home, you’re totally on your own.

Mysteries of Model Home Purchases Revealed
You can fall in love instantly. Beautifully decorated, tastefully furnished, with every detail designed to appeal to the potential homebuyer, a model home is a place that somehow has it all.

Your Part in Getting in Your New Home Completed on Time
If you are the type of buyer that frequents the building site of your new home every week or on your lunch hour to check on the progress, you may very well see the house you are waiting for remain virtually untouched for days.

FHA Mortgage Guarantees Are A Game Changer For New Home Buyers
Home buyers are rapidly embracing the expanded availability of FHA mortgage guarantees.

Tax Benefits of Owning a Home
Owning a home can save you money at tax time. Read for more details.

What Does The Base Price Include?
Which is better? A house that has a high level of included features at a higher price, or a basic (perhaps larger) house at a lower price that gives the homebuyer the choice to add whatever extra features they want or can afford?

Price Disparities Based on Geography
There's no rhyme or reason to explain today's, price disparities for homes between one geographic area and another.

New Home Values in Unfamiliar Places
"If I am moving to a completely different area, how do I find out whether the new homes I am interested in are priced properly?"

Why Similar Looking Homes May Have Very Different Prices
Is your mind playing tricks on you? Or was that last model home layout nearly identical to one that you walked through just three hours ago by the same builder in another part of town?

Should You Borrow From The Builder's Preferred Lender?
Your brother-in-law, who just happens to be a mortgage broker, told you that if you ever need to finance a house, he’s your man. But nearly every builder out there has an in-house or preferred lender they’re pushing.

Important points before you make the purchase
When you buy a resale house, the seller expects you to find and arrange all the financing yourself. When you buy a brand new house from a production builder, the seller/builder will invariably offer financing.

Vital Builder-Buyer Meetings Help Eliminate Uncertainties All Around
Committing to a new home purchase can be a tumultuous time, evoking a multitude of emotions, from keen anticipation to a succession of sleepless nights for many homebuyers.

How to Speak and Understand “Builder-ese”
Your visit to a new home community will no doubt include the eventual receipt of the builder's fancy marketing brochure. This marketing piece contains a sophisticated list of amenities buyers may or may not be clear on.

Childproof family room doesn't have to be 'Plain Jane'
When your kids are teenagers, your family room might finally look the way you imagined when you decided to buy a new house. But if they're very young when you move in, you'll be happier if you start out on the spare side and let the family room "grow" with your children.

Shingles on your roof: The big picture and small details
If you’re buying a tract-built house, the chances are close to 100 per cent that the roof will be asphalt shingles. But if you’re like most people, you’ll find it hard to imagine what a few pieces of asphalt encrusted shingles will look like 15 to 30 feet off the ground.

Toilet technology takes a turn for the better
It was only a matter of time before the computer-chip technology that has transformed kitchen and laundry appliances migrated to other rooms in the house.

More faux materials pop up in new-home construction
Walk down a street in almost any new subdivision in America and you'll see traditionally styled houses built with traditional materials. Or maybe not.

Window Shopping
Just how important are the windows on that new home you are considering?

The Latest in New Home Products
Carmakers have auto shows, RV makers display the latest in mobile vacation fare, but how do building materials distributors, product manufacturers, and the hundreds of businesses related to homebuilding strut their stuff?

The Disappearance of the Cookie Cutter Tract Home
The semi-customization of production homes is now the rule rather than the exception to it.

The New American Kitchen
Times have changed from those Father Knows Best days, where the kitchen was Mom's main domain, and where the family was summoned to gobble down sumptuous meals.

Wiring Your Home For Communications & Entertainment
The new wave of home wiring now goes much further than an extra telephone for the teenager.

Appraisals and Home Valuations - Both Are Useful
One new tool that has changed the way I approach real estate is the Home Valuation.

Best kitchens are all in the layout
Every home builder knows that a drop-dead-gorgeous kitchen will sell a house, and the kitchens in model homes always look fabulous. But fabulous-looking kitchens can be impossible to work in.