Basic Home Buying Skills Pittsburgh PA

This article offers tips for responsible home buying, including emphasis on setting a budget, saving, knowing your credit report, and looking for expert help in the process.

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The EV Bishoff Company
(412) 235-6030
355 5Th ave
Pittsburgh, PA
CB Richard Ellis/Pittsburgh
(412) 394-9846
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA
Real Estate Enterprises Com
(412) 361-3536
5907 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA
Neeley Paul A Real Estate
(412) 391-1900
60 Blvd of the Allies # 5
Pittsburgh, PA
Engelberg Louis Real Estate
(412) 261-6500
600 Grant St
Pittsburgh, PA
Scott & McCune Co Rl Est
(412) 481-6823
Pittsburgh, PA
Aronson Richard J Rl Est
(412) 391-6160
The Roosevelt Bldg
Pittsburgh, PA
Beynon & Company In Real Estate
(412) 261-3640
Allegheny Bldg
Pittsburgh, PA
Hoffmann C J Agency Rl Est
(412) 661-7356
Pittsburgh, PA
Scott & McCune Co Rl Est
(412) 486-0185
Pittsburgh, PA

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The fundamentals still apply. It's time to get back to the basics of buying a home and not just because lenders are forcing your hand. It's the financially savvy thing to do.

by Broderick Perkins
© 2008 DeadlineNews.Com


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Deadline Newsroom - Lenders tightening their purse strings have sent a signal to potential home buyers to do the same.

There's really little choice.

Just as lenders more and more often make certain mortgage applicants are gainfully employed; are sure borrowers can actually afford to pay the mortgage during it's full term; and more carefully document that buyers have the cash to cover additional costs that come with home ownership, potential home buyers need to get their financial house in order.



"If people were really responsible for their own financial behavior that would have taken the power away from people who put them in these (risky) loans," says Shawneequa Badger, a real estate agent with Century 21-Alpha in San Jose, CA.

"The reason for all the creative financing was because people didn't want to do the work. Well, now it's time to do the work or cut your losses," says Badger and other agents who are stepping up to provide an approach to home buying that doesn't require classes in the school of hard knocks. ...

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The EV Bishoff Company

4122356030
355 5Th ave
Pittsburgh, PA

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