Eight steps to buying your home
1. Decide to buy. Base your decision to buy on facts, not fears.
2. Hire your agent. Seven main roles of your real estate agent A Buyer's Real Estate Agent:
Eight important questions to ask your agent Qualifications are important. However, finding a solid, professional agent means getting beyond the resume, and into what makes an agent effective. Use the following questions as your starting point in hiring your licensed, professional real estate agent:
3. Secure financing. From start to finish, you will follow a six-step, easy-to-understand process to securing the financing for your first home. Six steps to Financing a Home
4. Find your home. Questions to ask yourself
5. Make an offer. Price - the right price to offer must fairly reflect the true market value of the home you want to buy. Your agent's market research will guide this decision. Terms - the other financial and timing factors that will be included in the offer. Terms fall under six basic categories in a real estate offer:
6. Perform due diligence. A home owner's insurance policy protects you in two ways:
The property inspection show expose the secret issues a home might hide so you know exactly what you're getting into before you sign your closing papers.
7. Close. You just have a few preclosing responsibilities:
On closing day, with the guidance of a settlement agent and your agent, you'll sign documents that do the following:
As long as you have clear expectations and follow directions, closing should be a momentous conclusion to your home-searching process and commencement of your home-owning experience.
Even after you close on your house, you agent can still help you:
Attention to you home's maintenance needs is essential to protecting the long-term value of your investment. Home maintenance falls into two categories:
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BAXTER VILLAGE - MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD
Posted by Kelly Cahill under For Buyers, For Sellers, For Realty Professionals, Regional News, Baxter
Baxter Village in Fort Mill, SC is a master planned community that not only offers beautiful homes but a lifestyle that is reminiscent of the Old South. There is really no "earth shattering" news about Baxter, but I love this community so much that I wanted to write about it.
Baxter Village has a smalltown feel that many other communities do not offer. Located in historical Fort Mill, the homes mimic many of the old homes you will find in Charleston, SC. (A city I love) The community has sidewalks, tree-lined streets and a trail network that links to parks and playgrounds. There are over 500 acres of parks within Baxter. Within the community you will also find an Elementary School (my son attends this award-winning school), a library, an Urgent Care Center, pools, tennis courts,a community center and the Baxter Family YMCA. My Keller Williams office is located just next to the library. At the heart of the community is Market Street. Market Street was designed to look like the old Market Street in Charleston as well, and has a variety of shops, restaurants, a hair & nail salon, wine shop and lots of other shops. You can actually walk from many of the homes to Market Street.
The homes in Baxter all share the same timeless architecture and detail. Many have front porches that you can sit on in the evening while chatting with the neighbors or watching the kids play in the front yard. The builders include David Weekly homes, Saussy Burbank, S.E. Miller and Evans Coghill Custom Homes.
Currently there are 28 homes on the market in Baxter ranging in price from $194,900 to $498,000 with a square footage range of 1200-4000 and up. The average list price in the neighborhood is about $360,000. One in particular is a home located at 1855 Second Baxter Crossing.
This home is within walking distance to Market Street and offers Easy Living!
Highlights of the home are:
- master on main
- 3 upper level bedrooms
- computer niche/room upper level
- nicely landscaped patio with fountain and garden area
- updated kitchen with tile and granite
- hardwoods
- Saussy Burbank built
- 2400 square feet
- fireplace
- two-car detached garage
- $348,000
You can click on the link below the see a virtual tour of the home!
http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?sk=13&t=1611150
If you would like further information on this home please let me know. I will be happy to assist you and if you can't make it right away to view the neighborhood I can mail you a packet with everything you need to know about Baxter Village. There are also commercial opportunities in Baxter that I would be happy to assist you with as wel l.
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