A Guide To Buying A Home In Today's Market

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A Guide To Buying A Home In Today's Market in Centerville & throughout the Washington Township, Ohio area.

5 Tips From A Local Realtor

Buying a home can be a stressful time...but it doesn't have to be. When you work with realtor, Rhonda Hart with NavX Realty and Homes of Southwest Ohio, you will receive incomparable service from a trusted advisor in the community. It's important to know your homes worth but it's also important to have neighborhood insight to assist with the buying or selling process. You certainly don't want to miss out on a home from not having all the information to make a proper offer. 

As you consider whether now is the right time to buy a home, also consider the reasons why the purchase of the home is important to you. Is it for future financial stability? Is it to secure your family's dwellings? No matter what your reasons are for this decision, make sure you consider some of the following:

Credit Score

When is the last time you checked your credit score with all 3 bureaus: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion? There are many ways to check your credit for free. Once you know your credit score, this will help you understand your loan options and whether now is the right time for the purchase of a home. Your loan company will provide you options and suggestions based on your current score and also make recommendations accordingly. 

Mortgage Rates

As the housing market changes so will the mortgage rates. This is ever-changing and should always be considered when you are determining your budget. This can make hundreds, even thousands of dollars of difference to your monthly mortgage payments. With so many loan options to choose from, working with a loan company that you can trust will be important to your overall experience and outcome. If you aren't sure where to start with this, give me a call and I can provide some recommendations. 

Budget

This may seem like such an easy thing to do, however, once you start looking at the "must have" items on your list, you may find that it's easy to look at homes just outside your set budget. This is ok. Remember, there are still negotiations that can take place to assist in lowering the homes cost. You don't want to go too far outside your budget as this would require more money down if you have not been financed for that additional amount. Again, your loan company will provide you options but sticking to your designated budget will be important to your home search. 

Hire a Local Realtor

When you have decided that you are ready to start your home search, hiring a local realtor will be important to your experience. When your realtor is local to the community, they have insight into other properties and will be able to assist you in making the right offers and repair suggestions. 

See Multiple Homes

Let's say the first house that you walked into seemed to have just about everything that you were looking for. Why not put an offer in right away? Well, since this is such an important decision, it would be in your best interest to see multiple homes before making an offer. This will give you peace of mind that you are choosing the right home for your family.


Don't overwhelm yourself with this process by choosing to go it alone, give Rhonda Hart a call so she can help from start to finish. She can provide location suggestions, loan company options, homes that fit your criteria, and much more. She serves clients in Miamisburg, Centerville, Kettering, Springboro, Oakwood, Waynesville, Beavercreek, Bellbrook, Lebanon and surrounding areas. 

Give Rhonda Hart a call today to help with all of your real estate needs.  

(937) 397-9988

Location: Washington Township, OH, US

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