Introduction to How to Finance a Home
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There's a lot to do when you finance a home: qualifications to meet, paperwork, delays, and various costs. Let's cover the main options.
What you will learn
- Saving or Investing to Buy a Home
- Using Private Loans to Buy a Home
- Buying a Home Through Seller Financing
- First-Time Homebuyer Programs
- Government Loans to Finance a Home
What do you know?
Introduction to How to Finance a Home
For many of us, buying a home (with or without the picket fence and oak tree) is the beginning of really living. Because it’s such a huge investment, there’s a lot to work through when you finance a home. There are qualifications you have to meet, reams of forms and paperwork, delays, and additional costs you may not have thought of. Let’s now take a look at the main options you have for financing your home.