Buying or Selling Articles
Buying or Selling Resources
- Borrowing from Family and Friends to Buy a House. Covers private or intrafamily mortgages. From Nolo.
- Buying and Selling a Home in South Dakota. [PDF] Covers real estate terms, buyer/seller information, dealing with complaints and problems, and discrimination. From the South Dakota Real Estate Commission.
- Buying Your Home: Settlement Costs and Helpful Information. Covers mortgages, RESPA disclosures, and settlement costs. From the Federal Citizen Information Center.
- Cobuying a Home. Covers title and co-ownership agreements for homebuyers interested in purchasing a house with a relative, friend, or someone else. From Nolo.
- Consumer Guide to Buying and Selling Homes. [PDF] Covers the real estate licensee's role, as well as information on the selling process and the buying process. From the Nebraska Real Estate Commission.
- Finding a Down Payment to Buy a House. Covers different ways to fund a down payment, including borrowing from a 401(k) and tapping into an IRA. From Nolo.
- Home Buyer's Guide. [PDF] Covers financing, credit ratings, property disclosures and the home buying transaction. From the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing.
- Home Seller's Guide. [PDF] Covers disclosures, the real estate agency relationship, offers, the purchase agreement, and the title company. From the Ohio Division of Real Estate & Professional Licensing.
- Information on Buying and Selling a House. [PDF] Covers disclosures, buying a house, selling a house, discrimination and fairhousing laws. From the Oklahoma Real Estate Commission.
- Oregon Property Buyer Advisory. [PDF] Covers property inspections and disclosures. From the Oregon Real Estate Agency.
- Property Buyer's Checklist. Offers hints for consumers to avoid some of the pitfalls of purchasing a new or used home, or raw, undeveloped land. From the Arizona Department of Real Estate.
- Residential Square Footage Guidelines. Offers guidelines on measuring, calculating and reporting the living area within single-family residential buildings. From the North Carolina Real Estate Commission.
- The Alabama Real Estate Consumer Guide to Buying and Selling a Home. [PDF] Covers the real estate licensee, selling a home, buying a home, financing information and insurance. By the Alabama Real Estate Commission.
- The Buying Process. Covers the preparatory steps to buying a home, as well as how to make an offer. From the Colorado Division of Real Estate.
- The Selling Process. Covers the steps a seller should take when selling a home. From the Colorado Division of Real Estate.
- What You Need to Know About Buying and Selling a Home. [PDF] Outlines laws and issues that affect consumers in their purchase and sale of real property, including loan issues, property issues, contract issues, and legal issues. From the Kentucky Real Estate Commission.