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Ready to feel confident and prepared when you connect with your Realtor? If you’re a first-time homebuyer, this guide is your ultimate resource, walking you through every step from contract to close. It’s designed to make you feel like a seasoned pro—even if it’s your very first time.
Curated by two locals, Matt Costin & Caroline Holman, with The Costin Group, these two have poured their heard in soul into all three of the Wilmington Guides. Including the First-Time Homebuyer Guide, which we send directly to our clients at the start of each transaction (if they haven’t snagged it here). It has helped a dozen or more of my own clients this year, we can’t wait to see how many more of you it helps in 2025!
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What's inside:
- How to buy a house: from contract to close
- Do you need flood insurance?! We'll tell you!
- What is due diligence and the due diligence period?!
- From where to begin, to how to write an offer, we broke it down!
- Trust the experts (us!), and read our reviews
The goal:
The goal of the First-Time Homebuyers Guide is for anyone, anywhere, to feel confident about buying a home, before they speak to a Realtor or lender for the first time! After talking with many clients, locally and from out-of-state, it was clear that not all information was created equal and not every buyer was getting the same experience. Our goal here at The Costin Group is just to that, streamline the buying process and answer all of your questions ahead of time.
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