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Home Buying Kit For Dummies

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Overview

Your turn-key guide to crucial information about buying a new home before you take the plunge

Home Buying Kit For Dummies, 7th Edition simplifies and explains the home-buying process to new home buyers everywhere. Authors Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown inform and educate readers in the simple, straightforward and incisive style the For Dummies series is known for across the world.

This book covers all the topics necessary to tackle the purchase of a home with confidence, including:

Complete coverage of new US tax rules and strategies
What's happening with home financing given the high home prices and fluctuating economies found in many markets
How to compare renting and buying in light of new rules regarding mortgage interest and property tax write-offs
Updated coverage of internet resources and how to best utilize them as a buyer

The 7th Edition of Home Buying Kit For Dummies offers brand new content of particular interest to millennial homebuyers, as well as freshly updated online companion content.

Your turn-key guide to crucial information about buying a new home before you take the plunge

Home Buying Kit For Dummies, 7th Edition simplifies and explains the home-buying process to new home buyers everywhere. Authors Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown inform and educate readers in the simple, straightforward and incisive style the For Dummies series is known for across the world.

This book covers all the topics necessary to tackle the purchase of a home with confidence, including:

Complete coverage of new US

tax rules and strategies

What's happening with home financing given the high home prices and fluctuating economies found in many markets

How to compare renting and buying in light of new rules regarding mortgage interest and property tax write-offs

Updated coverage of internet resources and how to best utilize them as a buyer

The 7th Edition of Home Buying Kit For Dummies offers brand new content of particular interest to millennial homebuyers, as well as freshly updated online companion content.

Home Buying Kit For Dummies Cheat Sheet

Buying a home can be as terrifying as it is exhilarating and satisfying. This Cheat Sheet offers 20 of the top home-buying tips from the professionals. And it also gives you a monthly mortgage calculator to see how much house your budget can afford. [caption id="attachment_269020" align="alignnone" width="556"] © Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock.com[/caption]

About The Authors

Eric Tyson is a personal finance writer, lecturer, and former management consultant to Fortune 500 financial service firms.
Ray Brown is a real estate professional with over four decades of hands-on experience and a public speaker on residential real estate topics.