Buying a home is a major milestone in anyone's life and the process of finding the right one can be overwhelming. Once you've arranged your pre-approval, know your budget, and have your home deposit ready, now the really exciting part begins ... it’s time to start house hunting!
Here are 5 tips to help make your home search a success.
We understand that saving for a deposit can be one of the biggest hurdles for first home buyers, and that's why The First Home Buyers Club is here to lend a helping hand.
First things first though, you need to have an idea of how much money you spend weekly as well as how much you need to save for your first home deposit. Having a specific target to work towards will help keep you motivated and focused. Pick a number, set a timeframe, and then get busy saving!
We’d like to share with you some ways you can make saving easier and hopefully reach your savings target quicker than you expected!
No doubt 2023 is set to be another interesting year for first home buyers seeking to get into their first home. Generally experts are predicting that the subdued housing market conditions are likely to continue. Our suggestion for first home buyers is to work on areas that help them get closer to being ready for a home loan pre-approval.
So here are our 3 tips to help you get closer to your goal of owning your first home:
You‘ve done the hard yards, you’ve scrimped and saved, and you cautiously think you’re ready to move to the next stage of buying your first home! High Fives by the way, you have just achieved the most difficult milestone of the journey, and you’ve stayed the distance. We know how hard you’ve worked and now the fun part begins! But where to from here?
The team at Schnauer & Co's have put together a resource toolkit to highlight some of the common misconceptions that some first home buyers have and provide you with tips on how to avoid some easy mistakes when buying your first home. Our expert tips will be presented over six easy to read articles, and they are all designed to help you achieve your goal of homeownership in NZ.
The team at Schnauer & Co's have put together a resource toolkit to highlight some of the common misconceptions that some first home buyers have and provide you with tips on how to avoid some easy mistakes when buying your first home. Our expert tips will be presented over six easy to read articles, and they are all designed to help you achieve your goal of homeownership in NZ.
The team at Schnauer & Co's have put together a resource toolkit to highlight some of the common misconceptions that some first home buyers have and provide you with tips on how to avoid some easy mistakes when buying your first home. Our expert tips will be presented over six easy to read articles, and they are all designed to help you achieve your goal of homeownership in NZ.
In the first 2 parts of the series, we discussed the solicitor approval condition and the process to follow when you are not able to satisfy conditions in the agreement for sale and purchase.
In this Part 3, we will highlight the differences between a loan from parents vs a gift from parents (AKA the bank of Mum and Dad).
As always we recommend getting good independent legal advice.
One of our Tips For Getting A Yes To Pre-Approval is to show consistently good bank account conduct. Keeping your bank account in good order is often not considered by first home buyers when preparing to get a pre-approval.
The team at Schnauer & Co's have put together a resource toolkit to highlight some of the common misconceptions that some first home buyers have and provide you with tips on how to avoid some easy mistakes when buying your first home. Our expert tips will be presented over six easy to read articles, and they are all designed to help you achieve your goal of homeownership in NZ.
In part one of the series, they covered the Solicitor's Approval as a condition of a Sale & Purchase Agreement.
This week they cover off some important changes to the sales and purchase agreement which impact on standard conditions, what this means for you and options you may have.
As always we recommend getting good independent legal advice.
The team at Schnauer and Co. have put together a resource toolkit to highlight some of the common misconceptions that some first home buyers have and provide you with tips on how to avoid some easy mistakes when buying your first home. Our expert tips will be presented over [6] easy to read articles, and they are all designed to help you achieve your goal of home ownership in NZ.