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The Rivers Team wants to be YOUR Realtor. As your trusted, professional real estate partner, we will help you find the best home in your area within your price range. Together, we will sell your home for as much as the market will bear, as quickly as possible! Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest events in your life. Please let us help. Call us at 850-297-2255 or toll free 800-286-1458! Looking for a home? Our state-of-the-art IDX service makes all homes from all companies and agents in the Multiple Listing Service available to view with pictures and tours! Updated daily – right here, right now! Search everything the web has to offer at this site! And, don't miss The Rivers Team Feature Homes!
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First Time Buyers >The Seller May Pay
The costs of buying a home may be daunting. For example, you may have finally saved enough for a down payment on your first home, with a little left over to buy the furniture you will need. Then you hear about having to pay closing costs you weren't anticipating, and this may seem like a real setback.
One way to cover such a shortage is to make the sellers an offer that calls for them to credit you for some of the closing costs. As a rule, the sellers may pay a maximum of 3 percent of the sales price if the buyer is putting five percent down. If the buyer is making a down payment of 10 percent or more, the seller can contribute up to 6 percent of the sales price to cover the buyer's closing costs. Some items, such as prepaid taxes and the first month's mortgage payment, must be paid by the buyers. Sellers may also contribute to paying the appraisal, points, title insurance, settlement attorney fees, state or local transfer taxes and similar items.
Keep in mind that if the credit is included in the price of the house, the appraiser will have to justify the amount, based on sales prices of similar homes in the neighborhood.
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In what area of the United States did the price of existing homes increase most dramatically in 2005?
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Phoenix, Arizona real estate recorded a 55.2 percent increase in home prices during 2005. |
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