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Property expert Phil Spencer brings us an extensive guide packed with tips on buying your first home - and how to sell it

Buying your first home can seem like a mountain of daunting and bewildering tasks. Once you’ve scoured the streets to find your dream place and secured a viable mortgage, you’ve still got to battle with estate agents, sellers, lawyers and even face the dreaded ‘chain’ before you can claim the keys as your own.

In How to Buy Your First Home, property expert Phil Spencer takes the worry out of the property market, by breaking everything down into simple and achievable steps. Learn how to:

- Find your perfect pad
- Get a mortgage that’s right for you
- Negotiate with estate agents and sellers
- Organise exchange and completion

Including indispensible advice, money-saving tips and an essential trouble-shooting section, this guide covers everything a first-time buyer needs to know. And once you’ve got your first home, this book will tell you how to sell it as well.

Reviews

Phil Spencer is a genuine property expert. You can trust his advice

Anne Cuthbertson, The Sunday Telegraph

Property guru

Telegraph

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Formats & editions

  • Trade Paperback

    9780091935375

    May 15, 2011

    Vermilion

    320 pages

    RRP $32.99

    Online retailers

    • Fishpond
    • Mighty Ape
    • Paper Plus
    • The Warehouse
    • Whitcoulls
    • The Nile
    Or

    Find your local bookstore at www.booksellers.co.nz/directory

  • EBook

    9781409033455

    April 15, 2011

    Ebury Digital

    320 pages

    Online retailers

    • iBooks NZ
    • Amazon Kindle
    • Google Play
    • Kobo
    • Booktopia NZ

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