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There are wide array of house financing options available for the first-time house buyers. The realty experts are predicting a market cool down and lift on recession soon, which means again people come to buy their choice of real estate property.

  

While buying a dream home is one time life investment for majority the process has several phases involved before owning a house. They mainly include:

•Deciding the right place to buy
•Choosing the appropriate home
•Zeroing on one agent
•Securing finance

While the initial three are accomplished through learned decisions, securing finance involves not one but several factors. The property buyer should know how much he can self-finance although it is certainly not a mandatory that self finances are essential for house financing. Secondly the buyer needs to have an understanding of different house financing options that are available at his disposal so he can secure financing.

He should know the different kinds of house mortgage programs available. The conventional house mortgages come with 80% loan amount of the total value, that is, the loan giver approves a borrower for a total of 80% of buying price of a property. If the house’s price is for instance a $200,000, the financer will give $160,000. It also means that the borrower should be able to down pay an amount of $40,000 for the said value.

There are a few other financers who stick to the old tradition and call for some down payments from the asker and there are now many financers on the other hand who are breaking this mandate and they do not want any down payment criteria from the borrower. This means they finance 100% of the sale price and there is zero down on the part of borrower. However, he still needs to have a sum of $1k at closing the mortgage. But having said so, everyone does not qualify for 100% house financing. The property buyer should always first know if he qualifies for a zero-down mortgage.

As a borrower you must qualify with a good credit report at least during the last one year or 12 months’ period. The borrowers also should be learned that there are as such literally no zero-down loans and there is some upfront investment involved in all finance deals.

Additionally, if the buyer wants to go for private mortgage insurance, the finance amount increases and the house mortgage as such goes up. To avoid a small amount of self-financing, though not a 20% but at least 5% to 7% of down payment will help the house buyer to lower his house finance rate. If self-finance is not available, at least money borrowed from other family members or friends or from other insurance policies should help. Even retirement funds can help the buyer. The biggest hurdle in buying a dream house is house financing and if the buyer can cross this without problem, he can be a happy property buyer and enjoy a living in his own dream home.