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When first realizing that you would like (or can afford) to own your own home, nothing beats the excitement of the racing mind. Where will we live? Will we have a big back yard for kids/dogs/plants? Will we have a swimming pool and an entertainment area where all our friends and family can gather to socialize and watch rugby and enjoy our beautiful home?

This is the excitement part of home hunting. The less excitement part is that there are so many pitfalls, long waiting lists for loan approvals, searching for the right home and of course, deals that don’t go down. Here are some tips for first-time homebuyers to make their search and journey to ownership of a new home a little less complicated.

1. Make the decision to buy/rent a home. If you are not certain whether you would like to buy or rent a home, there is no point in searching. You would have to check your credit status, your income and expenditure and your general lifestyle, to know if you will be able to afford to buy a home. Once you have checked all of this, and you know you want to, and can own a home, you are on the right track.  Read more... (679 words, estimated 2:43 mins reading time)