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Suggestions for home buying
- Research
- Know Your Budget
- Consider Working with a Specialist
- Make the Right Offer
- Be Prepared to Do What It Takes to Get to Closing
When looking to buy a home the look and feel of the neighborhood that is best for you is a very personal matter. For some of us, the bustle of commerce and traffic provides a vibrant feel that is essential to our comfort. For others a home with reclusive neighbors living on a gently lit, quiet street is the ideal location. Take the time to list the things that are crucial to your comfort. Perhaps proximity to schools, transportation centers, or houses of worship are primary.
With our extensive knowledge of the real estate in Great Neck and the surrounding Long Island area, your CENTURY 21 Madeleine Bodner Specialist can help you to identify neighborhoods and streets within those neighborhoods where your family will feel at home.
The ideal home is the one that feels comfortable in size, style, features and cost. If you wish, we can help you to work with a mortgage professional to pre-qualify or pre-approve you for a mortgage. Methods of financing aside, the poise and comfort that comes from knowing your price structure can help to make your housing search an enjoyable adventure.
Consider Working with a Specialist
The process of finding a suitable home, in a charming neighborhood, at an acceptable price should be a pleasant experience. Our CENTURY 21 Madeleine Bodner Specialists are trained to listen to your answers with regard to location, requirements, ambiance, price and special features. The relationship that develops between you and your Specialist is one that is based in trust and communication. Your Specialist’s will couple first hand knowledge of the community with our extensive reach and exclusive listings to show you homes within your budget that interest and intrigue you.
In any real estate transaction there are three prices: the asking price, the offer price, and the selling price. An offer price is right when it is neither so high that the buyer fails to receive sufficient value for the money, nor is it so low that sellers dismiss it without consideration.
Your CENTURY 21 Madeleine Bodner Specialist is trained to use the recent sale prices of comparable homes in the area combined with industry based knowledge of such things as competition, marketplace trends, the value of special features or terms and conditions, and the effects of property condition in helping you to set an offer price.
Be Prepared to Do What It Takes to Get to Closing
In addition to an agreeable price, you and the seller must arrive at mutually acceptable terms and conditions. There will be many deadlines to meet including home inspections, appropriate buyer visits, scheduled deposits, and other details. You will need the services of an attorney, earnest money to submit with your offer, fees for inspections and appraisals. All of the required certificates and approvals and funding must be available at closing. The assistance of your CENTURY 21 Madeleine Bodner Specialist will be invaluable as you make your way to a successful closing.
Your new home is probably you most valuable asset that’s why you should consider protecting most home systems and appliances with a home warranty. Ask one of our specialists how you can benefit from the financial protection of a home warranty.