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PostHeaderIcon Right to Housing

Right to HousingHousing is the place of refuge that people need to protect, shelter from inclement weather, preserve their privacy and, in most cases, represents the place of settlement not only of individuals but of households, basic structures the social body. It is a basic human need like food.

Various international instruments recognize the right to housing, such as Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in its Article 11 says “… the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including food, clothing and housing … “is also listed among the Rights of the Child (Article 27 of the Convention) in Article 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (art. 14). Read the rest of this entry »

PostHeaderIcon Tips to Choose New House

Tips to Choose New HouseBuying a home is one of the greatest illusions for many families. It is usually the result of years of work and effort. It is therefore important to have all the information needed to make a careful and informed decision before making this big investment.

Here we suggest some key criteria that you can take into account when choosing the best home for your family.

Determine the ideal size of your house

To begin, consider the current characteristics of your family, as the number of members who compose it and plan to have children. This factor will help you determine the ideal size of the house.

If you are single or newly married and without children, maybe you agree something smaller, like a house style townhouse or condominium. Read the rest of this entry »

PostHeaderIcon Getting Social Housing

getting social housingThe public housing are cheaper and are aimed at sectors of the population who do not have sufficient financial resources to purchase a free price floor. The main problem is that these social housing are low.

For a home is considered protected and must be qualified by the Government or by the corresponding Autonomous Community, which are the bodies responsible for determining the price, whether it is a new building and second hand.

Under the heading of social housing are the subsidized housing and social housing. Read the rest of this entry »

PostHeaderIcon Pricing A Home: The Appraiser

pricing a home: the appraiserThe completion of this report rests with a professional appraiser who called the property value calculated according to a valuation. It belongs to an appraisal company or bank. His work process is thorough and rigorous.

Depending on the type of property, will require certain qualifications for appraisers, but as usual, to the case for residential housing, is that they have a degree in Architecture or Architectural Technology.

The appraiser also has the right to ask the client all the information necessary to carry out the report, as a copy of the draft implementing bill of materials, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

PostHeaderIcon Pricing A Home

pricing a homePricing a home is one of the least known steps in the process of buying a property and one of the most important because it determines the amount the bank loans to finance their acquisition.

Broadly speaking, consists of a report prepared by a professional which includes the value of the property from the study of some aspects such as quality of materials, the communications network or zone in which the property is located .

The appraisal is an appraisal report or certificate, made by a professional who collects, with justification, the value of an asset, according to previously established parameters. Read the rest of this entry »

PostHeaderIcon Six Easy Steps on Home Buying System

home buying systemThere are six easy steps on the Home Buying System:

* Decide on the purchase of a home
* Define your price range and preferences
* Finding your new home
* Begin the purchase process
* Finance and close the deal
* Yours Calling

Financing your home

Today, finding the right financing for the purchase of a home is as important as finding the right home. The only certainty in the mortgage market is change and find the best financial package to go according to your needs can be a complicated process.

Once you have found your new home, your local retailer of Carpenter Realtors can help you find the financing method that works best for you among the many types of mortgages available.

Home Marketing Systems and Home Buying tested

Exclusive Home Marketing Systems and Home Buying Carpenter Realtors are based on more than 39 years of experience in the business of real estate in Central Indiana. We know our business and our customers.

These systems are designed to help with the process and get the best possible price and most favorable terms in the shortest time possible and with minimum inconvenience.

PostHeaderIcon Tips for your first home

Buying your first home is a financial and personal decisions in life more important to collect this information that will surely be very useful.

Now that you’ve decided to investigate how to acquire their own home the best way to do that as an informed consumer. To stay informed, talk to people who have already gone through the process, attend seminars on real estate purchase and visit real estate. The estate agent Marco Tulio Hernandez mentioned that before seeking to do well as an analysis of its budget and the features you want on your first home, because eventually you will get the home of your dreams step by step, and will be adding what I had in the beginning mind.

Your savings

It is important to develop a financial plan, not only to save money for the down payment, but also to cover other costs that will arise later, as verification of your credit, mortgage application and closing of trading.

Your Credit

Everyone can have access to credit. The hard part is not having that option, but to maintain a good credit history. To do this, try to diversify the way to make their payments.

Pay your bills on time, limit the amount of debt, reduce the number of credit cards and use them responsibly.

It is important to examine more than once your credit file, and current debt payments, which tells when, how and when paid. Make sure the information it contains is correct. If it is a chance to correct any error. The credit is a document that will give confidence to those who granted the mortgage. The better your credit history, the better your credit score. The better your credit score, will inspire more confidence to the lenders, which may mean more mortgage options for you.

Other aspects

Zone: Select a residential area where they see their future. Careful examination of major traffic routes, access side, rush hour traffic and travel times to schools, jobs, grocery stores and family homes. Then locate gas stations, supermarkets and shopping centers and churches.

Security: It is important to have certainty of how safe is the property within the target area, if you have gated access control, electric gates, internal security service and alarms.

Services: are there in the area and property are key municipal water or its own light, signal cable and the Internet, fixed phone signal, clear and strong signal cell, among others.

PostHeaderIcon To buy houses

to buy housesLarge sellers of homes are positioned to end of the year promises to be quite interesting and movidito for this sector. That is why the property of Banco Santander, Real Estate Altamira, starting tomorrow will give away one year free mortgage, VAT or property transfer tax (ITP) is also free, just by buying one of its 700 homes found portfolio.

The commercial director of Altamira, José Manuel Rasines, explains that the wide and attractive range of properties which has Altamira Santander Real Estate, and this package of additional benefits are an excellent opportunity for all those who are looking to buy or acquire a housing, or even alquilarla.More
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PostHeaderIcon Feng shui tips for house hunting (II)

Feng shui tips for house hunting

1 .- PROTECTION / Tuck
The buildings should have some protection and tuck. There are suitable housing units supplement discovered back, without offering protection elements near either a mountain other buildings, or simply vegetation. It would be something like working on a backless chair or sleeping with his head unprotected. Nor is favorable that the front has significant barriers to eliminate the flow “incoming” energy. So garbage in front, trees that block the entry, imposing buildings that aggressive threatening crush or objects are undesirable for a facade. As a side tuck is advisable to avoid very high buildings which give the feeling of oppression or that are unbalanced. (See theory 5 animals) to expand this point.

2 .- STREETS AND FENG SHUI
The streets should be normal and peaceful, without pointing directly toward the entrance. The corner houses with doors that give the impression that vehicles go straight to her, resulting in continued aggression. Streets are avoided in the form of V or T. Both the fronts on which points to a V or those targeted by the T-shaped column are constant aggression. The convex form pointing toward the entrance are also not advisable in general, such as the curve of a highway, bridge or a building.

3 .- NOBLE FEATURES
We must find a neighborhood with noble features, such as cleaning, order and harmony among neighbors. It is always grateful for the possible existence of green spaces and ultimately to note that we find it friendly environment.

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PostHeaderIcon Feng shui tips for house hunting (I)

Feng shui home

If you are looking for a new house or apartment and want to know some feng shui tips, here are some basic advice and tips, based on affordability issues and common sense.

1 .- OBSERVED STRUCTURE
The first point to observe and look at the structure in their external and internal checking is not too irregular or complex. This “irregularity” extends to structures difficult, aggressive, multilevel, or issuing a vague or chaotic pattern that can be difficult for a quiet family life. An apartment or house with a harmonic pattern, intelligent, predictable and practical is more desirable in principle that a very irregular or disorganized structure.

You should avoid large unused spaces, unventilated rooms, lack of light, over-aggressive or corners facing doors, long corridors with many doors online, too disproportionate bathrooms, very steep stairs in front of the gate, or design elements that have no a function performed to live with true comfort.

2.-ENERGY BALANCE

The area where the house stands da house must have a calm energy and breathe normally. There must be a place full of noise and disturbance, nor a dead and soulless place. Not recommended the proximity of places with too much energy (Yin), such as cemeteries, morgues, funeral homes, water or dilapidated buildings, also places too (Yang) and clubs, police stations, emergency rooms, abattoirs, airports, railways or noisy areas.

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