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Buying
and Selling |
| Call Number |
Author |
Title |
| 643.12 2006 Eldred |
Eldred, Gary W. |
The
106 common mistakes homebuyers make: And how to avoid
them. |
| 643.12 Courtney |
Courtney, Richard. |
Buyers
are liars & sellers are too!: The truth about
buying or selling your home. |
| 643.12 Buying |
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Buying
a home. |
| 643.12 Buying |
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Buying
a home: The Better Business Bureau. |
| 643.12 Evans |
Evans, Greg |
A
carpenter's advice on buying a home: Brief, concise,
practical, how to choose quality. |
| 332.6324 Clark |
Clark, Howard. |
Clark smart real estate: The ultimate guide to buying
and selling real estate. |
| 346.04 Warda |
Warda, Mark |
The
complete book of real estate contracts. |
| 643.12 O'Hara 2006 |
O'Hara, Shelley. |
The
complete idiot's guide to buying and selling a home. |
| 643 Stone |
Stone, Barry. |
The
consumer advocate's guide to home inspection: Avoiding
the nightmare of purchasing a money pit. |
| 333.338 2006 Masters |
Masters, Shahri. |
The
everything homeselling book. |
| 643.12 Razzi |
Razzi, Elizabeth. |
Fearless
home buyer. |
| 643.12 Wedlick |
Wedlick, Dennis. |
Good
house hunting: 20 steps to your dream home. |
| 643.12 McCrea |
McCrea, Bridget. |
The
home buyer's question and answer book. |
| 643.12 Tyson |
Tyson, Eric. |
Home
buying for dummies. |
| 643 Becker |
Becker, Norman. |
Home
inspection checklists: 111 illustrated checklists and
worksheets you need before buying a home. |
| 643.12 Davis |
Davis, Sid |
Home makeovers that sell: Quick and easy ways to get the
highest possible price. |
| 643.12 Wills |
Wills, Gerri. |
Home rich: Increasing the value of the biggest
investment of your life. |
| 333.33 Fletcher |
Fletcher, June. |
House
poor: Pumped-up prices, rising rates, and
mortgages on steroids. |
| 643.12 Summers |
Summers, Diana |
How
to buy your first home. |
| LITERACY LIFE 643.12 How |
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How
to buy your own home. |
| 643.12 Inspecting |
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Inspecting
a house: A guide for buyers, owners, and renovators. |
| 643.12 Sumichrast |
Sumichrast, Michael. |
The
new complete book of homebuying. |
| 643.12 Bray |
Bray, Ilona M. |
Nolo's
essential guide to buying your first home. |
| 643.12 2005 Glink |
Glink, Ilyce R. |
100
questions every first-time home buyer should ask: With
answers from top brokers from around the country. |
| 643.12 Davis |
Davis, Sid. |
A
survival guide for buying a home. |
| 333.33 Irwin |
Irwin, Robert |
Tips
& traps when negotiating real estate. |
| 643.12 Fields |
Fields, Alan. |
Your
new house: The alert consumer's guide to buying and
building a quality home. |
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| Building
a Home |
| Call Number |
Author |
Title |
| 690.837 Salant |
Salant, Katherine. |
The brand-new house book: Everything you
need to know about planning, designing, and building a
custom, semi-custom, or production-built house. |
| 728.37 Eck |
Eck, Jeremiah. |
The
distinctive home: A vision of timeless design |
| 728.37 Dickinson |
Dickinson, Duo. |
House
on a budget. |
| 728.37 Dickinson |
Dickinson, Duo. |
The
house you build: Making real-world choices to get the
home you want. |
690.837 DeCristoforo
2007 |
DeCristoforo, R. J.. |
Housebuilding:
A do-it-yourself guide. |
| 690.837 Scutella |
Scutella, Richard M. |
How
to plan, contract, and build your own home. |
| 728.37 Jacobson |
Jacobson, Max. |
Patterns
of home: The ten essentials of enduring design. |
| 747 Conran |
Conran, Terence. |
The
ultimate house book. |
| 690.837 Johnston |
Johnston, Amy. |
What
the "experts" may not tell you
about--building or renovating your home. |
| 643.12 Fields |
Fields, Alan. |
Your
new house: The alert consumer's guide to buying and
building a quality home. |
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The Boston Sunday Globe contains
an extensive listing of real estate advertisements.
Fine
Homebuilding is a magazine that focuses on home construction and
remodeling.
The Metrowest
Daily News offers a homebuying supplement on Fridays.
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Overview;
Choosing a Massachusetts Community
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Massachusetts
Government. www.mass.gov
The state site has a plethora of information and tips on buying and building homes, including information about local communities. From the home page select "Residents," then "Housing." In this section, you'll find information about selling and building under "Buying a Home." Choose "Housing Assistance Programs" to find out about help for low-income and first-time homebuyers.
"Deciding Where to Live" provides links to information
about Massachusetts communities.
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Buying a Home |
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Boston.com Real Estate
www.boston.com/realestate
Weekly Boston Globe list
of houses and condominiums for sale. From the Real Estate page, you
can use the Recent Sales feature to locate Massachusetts real estate
sales records from 1987 to date.
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Realtor.com
www.realtor.com
Search for houses, condominiums, and real estate
agents throughout the United States, based on criteria you select.
Maintained by the National Association of Realtors.
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Fannie Mae's
Homepath www.fanniemae.com/homebuyers/homepath
Lots of help for
homebuyers, including help finding lenders and information on
mortgages. Check the calculator section to calculate your buying power using a
tool that allows you to view different financial scenarios.
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Bankrate.com
www.bankrate.com
Up-to-date mortgage rates from over 4000
financial institutions.
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Building a Home
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Town
of Framingham Zoning Bylaws www.framinghamma.gov/web/ZBL/toc.htm
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Massachusetts
State Building Code www.mass.gov/bbrs/code.htm
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American
Institute of Architects www.aia.org
Architectural news and a database to search for architects.
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Homeowners
Against Deficit Dwellings www.hadd.com
For the
homebuilder who has encountered problems or wants to avoid them: a
list of builders and any complaints filed against them, information
about faulty materials and techniques, articles about home
construction.
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change! Please email us if you have
difficulty with a site on this list. We'll try to identify and
correct the problem.
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