Why Purchase a Home in the Lehigh Valley?

• Live in or near the popular cities of Allentown, Bethlehem or Easton
  
• Achieve the American Dream of Home Ownership!
  
• Freedom to do what you want! It's Your Home!
  
• The price of renting is outrageous!
  
• Investment in Your Future!
  
• Tax Benefits of Home Ownership!
  

Basic Steps to Buying a Lehigh Valley Home

• Get a Pre-Approval and GFE (Good Faith Estimate) from a Lehigh Valley Mortgage Company (know your Numbers)
  
• Interview Lehigh Valley Home Buyer Agents (get an agent to represent your best interests, work with only one agent)
  
• Search through Lehigh Valley home listings (computer, newspapers/magazines, agent recommendations)
  
• Have your agent schedule private showings of homes that interest you (your agent can provide you with general information about each house as well as get answers to many of your other questions)
  
• Make an offer on your dream home (determine offering price, deposits, inspection and mortgage contingencies...etc). Your Lehigh Valley Real Estate Agent will work with you through all of these steps!
  
• Offer Accepted
  
  • Communicate with the title company, mortgage company, and sellers agent
    
  • Make necessary deposits/escrows
    
  • Conduct inspections (property, wood destroying insect, septic, water) - Negotiate repairs
    
  • Certificate of Occupancy Needed?
  • Order appraisal
    
  • Obtain mortage committment
    
  • Obtain hazard/homeowners insurance
    
  • Contact utility companies
    
  • Perform pre-settlement walk-thru
    
• Closing - Move into your new home