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Buying

• Coming Home…What You Need to Know about Building, Renting, and Buying a Home

Home Buyer Education

• Getting Ready for Home Ownership
• Budgeting and Credit
• Shopping for a Home
• Getting a Mortgage Loan
• After the Sale

Manufactured Housing

• What You Need to Know before Buying a Manufactured Home (PDF) [Text version]

Extension Publications
(Publications available from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Bookstore)

• The Home Inspection Checklist (B-1586)
• Package Your Home to Sell (L-2256)
• What Prospective Custom Home Buyers Should Know about Foundations (L-5011)

Web Resources

• Homebuyer’s Kit (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
• USDA Rural Development Home Page
• Homes and Communities (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• Home owners insurance information (Insurance Information Institute)
• HUD User
• Federal Housing Administration
• Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing

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Last updated: 25 April, 2013

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.