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Big House, Bigger Budget

Big House, Bigger BudgetBig House, Bigger Budget What does Hillary Clinton with her 5,500-square-foot, six-bedroom house on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. have in common with buyers of the brand new 5,000-square-foot houses that are beginning to dot the suburbs around the country? Not enough furniture. Hillary's situation differs only in degree. She started with...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Don't Forget About Resale Value When Buying a New Home

Don't Forget About Resale Value When Buying a New HomeDon't Forget About Resale Value When Buying a New Home The closest you can get to having exactly what you want in a new house is to commission an architect to design one for you. But as you carefully pick and chose what you like, you still need to factor in what other people like. If you're not at least somewhat attuned to the market, your...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Electronic Househunting

Electronic HousehuntingElectronic Househunting The first step in any new house search is finding out where new houses are being built and who is building them. Until recently, the best source for this information was a local newspaper's real estate section. But now we have the Internet. With a few clicks of the mouse, buyers can access information on new houses...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Financing Your Home: Important Points Before You Make the Purchase

Financing Your Home: Important Points Before You Make the PurchaseFinancing Your Home: Important Points Before You Make the Purchase When you buy a resale house, the seller expects you to find and arrange all the financing yourself. When you buy a brand new house from a production builder, the seller/builder will invariably offer financing, either through his own mortgage company or through a designated...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Finding a Buyer's Agent: Methods and Sources

Finding a Buyer's Agent: Methods and SourcesFinding a Buyer's Agent: Methods and Sources It's important to have a buyer's agent on your side when shopping for a newly built home, but how do you find a good one? You can look in the yellow pages for a buyer broker who specializes in representing buyers, call a traditional real estate broker and ask for an agent who...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Finding a Site Superintendent

Finding a Site SuperintendentFinding a Site Superintendent After intense study of your market, visits to 22 new home communities and tours of 87 models, you have zeroed in on a location, a builder, a floor plan, and options and now you're down to the sales contract. Wait a minute. Before you finalize the deal, check out the site superintendent. You may engage a...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Grandiose or Grand, How Can You Tell the Difference?

Grandiose or Grand, How Can You Tell the Difference?Grandiose or Grand, How Can You Tell the Difference? Ten years ago if you wanted a big house, money was not the only issue. You also had to find a lot and a custom builder, choose a plan and make endless decisions about materials and colors. Today, as production builders move into the luxury market, the purchase of a big house is...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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How Big is a 2,500-Square-Foot House?

How Big is a 2,500-Square-Foot House?How Big is a 2,500-Square-Foot House? A 5,000-square-foot house sounds big, but what does this mean in three dimensions? What does 5,000 square feet worth of house feel and look like? For that matter, what does a 2,500-square-foot house feel like? Until you go out and start looking at some houses, these are just numbers. If you live in a...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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How Easy is Your House to Find?

How Easy is Your House to Find?How Easy is Your House to Find? It's not something a person wants to think about, but what if an emergency were to occur at your house, and an ambulance, police car or fire truck needed to get to you in a hurry? Or, on a more mundane and everyday note, what if UPS or the pizza delivery guy is looking for you? Just how easy is it for...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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Lend a Close Ear to Your House's Developer

Lend a Close Ear to Your House's DeveloperLend a Close Ear to Your House's Developer If you're looking at new houses in master planned communities, keep the inside/outside distinction in mind. Everything inside the house is the builder's call. Everything outside is the developer's. His decisions affect the entire landscape, from what the exterior of every house will look like, to...

 

Sat Oct 12 2002
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