For Buyers

For many buyers, especially first time buyers, the process can be intimidating. The professional real estate agent is there to help make the process less so. However, many people prefer to have a better understanding of the process and not be so dependant on an agent. The links on this page are intended to help provide you with useful information to make you more independent.

Home Buying Guides— This is a link to some publications offered by the Fannie Mae Foundation. These guides are very instructive and provide a treasure-trove of information about credit, loans, and some things to watch out for along the way. These are geared towards the first-time buyers but have information useful to anyone.

Affordable Housing Programs— The price of homes has skyrocketed since 2001 to the point where many hard working people have been priced out of the market. On this page, there are links to several useful resources where first time and repeat buyers and find down payment assistance programs offered by local municipalities, the state of California and the federal government.

FREE HomeFinder service —This will bring to you to a form to fill in the criteria of your desired property. Every day you will receive any homes that have come on the market which match your criteria. Additionally, you will receive updates when any information or prices on those homes have changed.

 

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