buyer guide
Home Buying: Where to Start?
Always start with the money. You will eventually set your own home-buying budget, but you first need to crunch some numbers with a lender to find out what the hard cap is. Then, you'll know what’s possible and what’s realistic in the market. At that point, you’ll be in a position to set the budget that’s right for you.
Always start with the money. You will eventually set your own home-buying budget, but you first need to crunch some numbers with a lender to find out what the hard cap is. Then, you'll know what’s possible and what’s realistic in the market. At that point, you’ll be in a position to set the budget that’s right for you.
Set Your Priorities.
Unless you know exactly where you want to live, and exactly what you need in a home, you (and your partner) can start figuring that out by answering a few questions. This quiz is designed to help you understand the features in a house and the features in a neighborhood are priorities for you. Knowing your own priorities will help you narrow down the possibilities.
Unless you know exactly where you want to live, and exactly what you need in a home, you (and your partner) can start figuring that out by answering a few questions. This quiz is designed to help you understand the features in a house and the features in a neighborhood are priorities for you. Knowing your own priorities will help you narrow down the possibilities.
Find an Expert.
Once you know where you want to live, find an expert in that particular town - or if possible, in that particular neighborhood. You want an agent who knows the neighborhoods and the streets that you are targeting - someone who is familiar with all the recent sales because they've seen them and followed them and been in them. Cindy and her team know many of the neighborhoods in the Philadelphia area, especially in the western suburbs and the Main Line. When buyers need help in an area we don't know as well, or in another state, it helps to be part of COMPASS, the nation's #1 brokerage. Our unmatched network has some of the best agents in the country, so we can refer to you to a COMPASS agent who is an expert wherever you need to be. Just ask Cindy for a connection.
Once you know where you want to live, find an expert in that particular town - or if possible, in that particular neighborhood. You want an agent who knows the neighborhoods and the streets that you are targeting - someone who is familiar with all the recent sales because they've seen them and followed them and been in them. Cindy and her team know many of the neighborhoods in the Philadelphia area, especially in the western suburbs and the Main Line. When buyers need help in an area we don't know as well, or in another state, it helps to be part of COMPASS, the nation's #1 brokerage. Our unmatched network has some of the best agents in the country, so we can refer to you to a COMPASS agent who is an expert wherever you need to be. Just ask Cindy for a connection.
