Tips on Buying and Selling a House
Are you interested in buying or selling a house? Here are a few sites offering advice that may assist you.
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation provides information before, during and after your purchase. Their Homebuying Step by Step guide covers:
- Is Homeownership Right for You?
- Are You Financially Ready?
- Which Home is Right for You?
- The Buying Process
- Now That You're a Homeowner
- Words to Know When Buying a Home
- Worksheets
There are also links to the following pages from their Buying a Home web page:
- Government of Canada Homeownership Incentives
- Planning and Managing Your Mortgage
- Easy-to-Use Homebuying Tools
- Watch Homebuying Videos
- New to Canada? Homebuying Information Available in 8 Languages
- and much more
The Canadian Real Estate Association offers advice on buying and selling a home. The Ontario Real Estate Association offers free books on the topic. The Toronto Real Estate Board includes information on additional costs when buying a home, the buyer agency agreement, the multiple listing service and your realtor as well as standard forms explained in plain english.
The Toronto Public Library has a variety of titles. Here are a few selections that may be of interest:
Ioannou, Tony. Buying and Selling a Home for Canadians for Dummies. 4th ed. Etobicoke, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, 2011.
Daniels, Sarah. Welcome Home : Insider Secrets for Buying or Selling Your Property : A Canadian Guide. Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2010.
Weisleder, Mark. Put the Pen Down! : What Homebuyers and Sellers Need to Know before Signing on the Dotted Line. Toronto : ECW Press, c2009.
For additional information, search the Toronto Public Library catalogue with the suggested subject headings House buying – Canada and House selling – Canada.
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When it is time to sell your home, there are things you must know about the home selling process that will help you get through the process easily. The first thing you must do, especially if you haven’t sold a home before is to hire a realtor to represent your interests. He or she will walk you through the home selling process and will contact the people who need to be contacted. Sometimes you will receive an offer for your home that is less than the price you have already set. In such cases, you need to decide if this is an offer you want to take or if you want to make a counter offer. Eventually, you and the buyer will agree on a price. You fill out some more paperwork and your house is officially sold, with a closing date set several weeks to a month or so past the date the house was sold.
Whoa, this will surely help those who are interested in buying a home. Not all of us know what’s the right fit for our families. Well, Canada might be the right place for you to stay. 🙂