Are You Ready To Buy Your First Home?

With all this talk going on about the $8,000 first-time home buyer credit, you may be asking yourself, "Am I ready to buy my first home?" Here are some helpful articles and tips taken from move.com's How-To Guide: Buying Your First Home: http://www.move.com/guide/first-time-home-buying.aspx?source=hp

Step One: Are You Ready?

Now's the time to ask yourself: Do I know what I want? Do I have the money? Is my financial house in order?

10 Steps to Home Ownership: http://www.move.com/home-finance/buyers-basics/guide-how-to-buy-a-home.aspx

How Do I Get Started?: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/can-you-afford-to-buy-a-house.aspx

Six Signs You're Ready To Buy: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/signs-that-youre-ready-to-buy.aspx

Tips for Squirreling Away Your Down Payment: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/how-to-save-when-buying-home.aspx

Step Two: Get Organized

When it comes to buying your first house, sometimes you simply don't know what you don't know... yet.

Should You Buy a New or Existing House?: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/buy-old-or-new-home.aspx

Condo vs. House: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/to-buy-condo-or-house.aspx

Do You have Buyer's Paralysis?: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/home-buying-problems.aspx

Pulling The Trigger: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/tips-on-first-home-buying-decision.aspx

Step Three: Taking Charge

There's nothing so complex about buying a house that you can't understand it with a bit of knowledge.

Take Charge When Buying A Home: http://www.move.com/home-finance/mortgages/take-charge-when-buying-home.aspx

10 Mistakes You Can't Afford: http://www.move.com/home-finance/mortgages/10-mistakes-you-cant-afford.aspx

Borrowing From Family and Friends: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/borrowing-from-family-and-friends.aspx

Step Four: Rent vs. Buy

Pay a landlord or pay a bank? That's the question renters face as they consider stepping into homeownership.

Renting vs. Buying: http://www.move.com/home-finance/mortgages/should-you-buy-or-rent.aspx

Am I Better off Buying Now or Renting?: http://www.move.com/rentals/finance-and-budgeting/What-you-need-to-know-about-renting-or-buying-in-the-20-top-markets.aspx

Renting to Own: http://www.move.com/home-finance/real-estate/buyers/benefits-of-leasing-home.aspx

Again, all of this information is from move.com, but I thought it is quite a useful guide for first-time home buyers! I hope you enjoy this resource and don't forget to call me when you're ready to start looking for your first home!

- Ashley