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How To Prepare for House-Hunting

How To Prepare for House-Hunting

So, you’ve envisioned your dream home—a blacktop driveway covered with chalk drawings, a sprawling kitchen with shiny counter tops and a fully stocked workbench in the two-car garage. But with all the options out there, it can feel like finding a needle in a...
How to Prepare to Finance a Home

How to Prepare to Finance a Home

Develop a budget.Instead of telling yourself what you’d like to spend, use receipts to create a budget that reflects your actual habits over the lastseveral months. This approach will better factor in unexpected expenses alongside more predictable costs such as...
How to Improve Your Credit

How to Improve Your Credit

Credit scores play a big role in determining whether you’ll qualify for a loan and what your loan terms will be. So, keep your credit score high by doing the following: Check for errors in your credit report.Thanks to an act of Congress, you can download one free...