Our friends were recently in the process of buying a new home. They have spent a good deal of time deciding upon the area in which they would like to live and shopping for a home at that location. They were undecided about the type of home they wanted, but eventually found a contemporary styled ranch that met their needs and their budget.
With prices of homes and interest rates be the lowest they have been in years this was an excellent time for them to purchase their new home. On top of the already low home price, they were also given an $8,000 first time home buyers grant from the government. It was easy for them to see that it is a “buyers market” and they were smart to jump on the chance to get a dream home at an affordable price.
Once a decision was made to purchase a specific home, our friends become very busy. They needed to shop for mortgage quotes to be certain that they were obtaining the best possible mortgage rates with the terms that they wanted. They found a large difference in the closing costs and number of points charged by different lenders, but finally settled on a local bank that offered them good rates and terms with lower closing costs and no points to be paid. They have a good credit rating so they were confident that they would be approved for their mortgage loan.
Before they could finalize their mortgage they were required to take out a homeowners insurance plan. This is the banks way to ensure that they will receive their money if anything should happen to your home, and the best way for our friends to secure their assets and investment. They shopped around and contacted numerous insurance providers until they finally found an affordable insurance plan that covered all they wanted to protect.
Once our friends had everything in place they set a closing date, contacted all the required utility companies to set up service and shopped for new furniture with the money they saved on the closing cost and the overall cost of the home. They moved in last week and could not be happier. It brings a smile to my face when I see how happy they are, as they took a depressing time in our countries economy and made a positive life changing decision for themselves.
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