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Save Money Before Buying a Home
5 Reasons to Save Money Before Buying a Home First-time home buyers are often surprised by the total costs associated with buying a home. Some buyers don’t even realize that… Read more
Website Credit Score Information
For Home Buyers: 5 Best Websites for Credit Score Information If you’re planning to buy a home in the near future, you should know your FICO credit score. In fact,… Read more
5 Things a Home Buyer Should Know About Credit Scores
Go online and start researching the topic of credit scores, and you will quickly be overwhelmed with information and analysis. But in truth, there are only a few important concepts… Read more
Rebuild Your Credit Before Buying a Home
How to Rebuild Your Credit Before Buying a Home Have you damaged your credit score by falling behind on your bill payments? If so, you are not alone. Bad credit… Read more
Mortgage Loan Rates – 5 Things a Home Buyer Should Know
Mortgage Loan Rates – 5 Things a Home Buyer Should Know Buying a home requires plenty of homework (no pun intended). There are new concepts to grasp, unfamiliar terminology to… Read more
When is the Adjustable-Rate Mortgage a Good Idea?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions we receive at the Home Buying Institute. But despite the frequency, I’m always happy to answer. A failure to understand the… Read more
Getting Mortgage Quotes Online – Tips For Internet Security
Thanks to the Internet, the entire real estate process has gotten a lot easier. You can find homes and research prices online, and you can even request quotes from mortgage… Read more
Getting the Best Mortgage Rates in the New Economy
All home buyers want the lowest mortgage rate possible when applying for a home loan, because it directly translates to a smaller payment each month. And who doesn’t want to… Read more
Top 5 Mortgage Questions Among First-Time Home Buyers
Here’s what we did. We reviewed all of the questions emailed to the Home Buying Institute over the last six months. We made a list of the most common mortgage-related… Read more
Top 10 Reasons to Use a Real Estate Agent
“Do I need a real estate agent when buying my first home, or can I handle it myself?” This is a common question among first-time home buyers. It’s also an… Read more
