Buying and Selling a Home

by The Editors of Kiplinger's Personal Fina and Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Editors

Book Overview

A home of their own. It's most American's dream--and probably their biggest investment. Now in this 7th edition, the Editors of Kiplinger's Personal Finance have thoroughly updated the book that real... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938721925
• ISBN13: 9780938721925
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Kiplinger Books
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Not a book for beginners...

My suggestion is to read The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home, or a comparable beginners book, before reading this one. You need to know the basic home buying process and terminology first. The greatest value of the Kiplinger book is on the elaborate discussion on financial and tax issues related to buying and selling a home. The book is divided into two major sections, each starting with those two issues (why buy/sell, tax repercussions), before discussing the buying/selling process. I found the discussion on tax benefits of home ownership, tax breaks on mortgage interests, and tax laws that allow tax-free profits from selling your primary residence, very informative. It has many sample forms used in the home buying/selling process. You might find the details overwhelming, but that's because there's so much great info which is not covered in Idiot/Dummy books.

good with House Selling for Dummies

I was only interested in the "selling" part. It was quite good. With both this and House Selling for Dummies in hand, you'll have everything you need to sell your home.I highly recommend it.