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Real Estate Library

HomeGain's library is a great resource while using HomeGain to FIND A REALTOR®, view HOMES FOR SALE, and to get instant HOME VALUES and HOME PRICES.

HomeGain's library has the information you need to ensure that your home purchase or sale is a success! Extensive articles by America's best real estate writers and a useful glossary put you in control and help simplify home selling and buying.

Seller Resources

Planning to Sell Your Home

• 20 Best Questions to Ask a Real Estate Agent Before You Hire One to Sell Your Home
• How to Interpret Automated Home Valuation Estimates
• 3 Simple Steps to Selecting an Agent
• Finding a Real Estate Agent FAQs
• Planning Tips for Sellers
• How to sell your home fast, at the highest price
• What is a CMA?
• Listing and Pricing Your Home
• Benefits of a pre-listing home inspection?
• Home Valuation FAQs
• Pricing your property
• Quick ways to update your home for under a few thousand dollars.

Home Selling Strategies

• How Much to Spend on Remodeling Your Home
• Selling Your Home in a Tough Market - Part 1
• Selling Your Home in a Tough Market - Part 2
• How to get the most from your open house
• Sell your house fast with a virtual open house
• Tips for moving yourself
• Selling Strategies FAQs
• Staging: What should I do if my home isn't selling?
• Seller Strategies: Four tips for home sellers in a sluggish market.

The Home Sale

• The Home Sale Contingency Catch.
• How long should a seller wait to hear offers?
• Closing Costs - The Who and The What.
• Money and Taxes FAQs
• Other Common Questions

Buyer Resources

Planning to Buy a Home

• Putting a Roof Over Your Head: The Case for Buying or Renting
• 3 Simple Steps to Selecting an Agent
• 101 Reasons to use an agent 
• Are you ready to be a "first-time buyer"?
• Getting Started FAQs
• Testing for lead
• Starting your search: Where to begin leaves many buyers renters
• Questions to ask a buyer's agent
• Home Valuation FAQs

Home Buying Strategies

• The offer process
• What is CMA?
• How to prepare for your home closing
• Home defects - a buyer or seller cost?
• Making an offer: Six tips to getting a great deal
• Buying Strategies FAQs
• Financing FAQs
• An intro to interest rates

After the Purchase

• What are the hidden costs of home ownership?
• Avoid the Shock of Homeownership Costs.
• Closing Costs - The Who and The What.
• Do I need a home warranty protection plan?
• Taxes FAQs
• Other Common Questions

Use the HomeGain Real Estate Library to learn how to:

Get started with selling or buying a home. Make the most of a home sale or purchase. Prepare a home for sale. Find a real estate agent to help you through the home buying and home selling process. Successfully work with your real estate agent. Get the value of your home. Locate and select the right home to buy. List and price a home. Market your home to get the best possible price. Navigate the paperwork involved in a realty transaction. View homes for sale on the Internet. Save on home insurance and taxes. Handle a home inspection. Avoid pitfalls, hidden costs and other risks of buying a home. Make decisions about loans and mortgages.