Surprise Home Buying Wisdom

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Photo of a family that just bought a house for a story on home buying tips.
Photo of a family that just bought a house for a story on home buying tips.

It's not hard to get advice when you're in the market for a new home, but often real estate trends and quick tips get passed off as a gospel in this "historic" housing market. And there are a few -- let's call them inconvenient truths of home buying -- that you often won't hear because they don't apply to everybody.

But what you need as a homebuyer is a perspective on the housing market, as it applies to your housing and investment needs. To provide some balance in home buying advice, we've compiled some tidbits that often are exaggerated (and others that get downplayed) to give you perspective in your search for a new home.

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