Insights To Help You Buy A New Construction Home

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The process to search for a home that fits your needs can be time-consuming. But a new construction home can provide you with options to have the home built how you want it. Here are some recommendations to help you go through the process of buying a new construction home.

Research the Financing

One major part of the home buying process is getting the financing set up and yourself approved for the right mortgage terms. When you find a new construction home, the builder will often offer their own financing team to get you the funds to purchase the home. However, just with any home financing, there are a lot of different loan types and costs, so shopping around will help ensure you get the best cost on your lender funds. 

As you shop for a loan, look at the cost of the loan overall and how much the interest rate is. If you can pay down the loan's interest rate with points, consider these in your evaluation. You might find that paying points will help you lower your interest over the life of the loan, but if you only plan to stay in the home for a few years, you may want to forgo this option. 

Talk to your own lender and see what they can offer you in a mortgage. Then, compare it to what the builder's loan team has to offer. A builder will sometimes offer you bonuses or incentives to use them in the financing, which can help you with the upfront fees of buying a new home.

Look at Customization Options

A new construction home is one that has never been lived in before, so you get the benefit of having everything be brand new when you move in. Some new construction homes are already built and you buy one existing. However, for new construction that has just started, you can customize the home to how you want. 

So, for example, if you want the master suite to include a sitting area and be larger, you can customize this in the builder's plans. Or if you want to have tile flooring in the kitchen and bathrooms and hardwood flooring throughout the rest of the home, you can choose this. Talk to the builder to find out if they offer customization with their homes and see if it is the right fit for your home search. This provides you a great way to have a home built that offers single floor living or a custom kitchen with all the upgraded appliances you want. Contact a new construction home realtor for more information.

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