Your New Home Purchase
The key to a successful buying and/or building experience is to be well prepared and well informed. Find out about the typical buying process at a glance and check below for more in-depth information to guide you through your purchase.
Buying a New Home
When you buy a brand new home, you get the best of both worlds-all the traditional value you expect in a home, plus the advantages that only a newly built home can provide.
Advantages of Buying a New Home
The Typical New Home Buying Process
The Protection of a New Home Warranty
Building a Custom Home
New home builders offer plans and designs to meet the needs of today's consumers, using modern technology to build homes that are attractive, highly functional and feel good to live in. Often a builder's standard designs are just a starting point; many builders will customize their homes to suit homebuyers' individual needs.
Why Choose a Saskatoon & Region Home Builders' Association Member
Questions to Ask Potential Builders
Buying from Plans & Model Homes
Will Your Home Be ENERGY STAR Certified?
Mortgages & Financing
One of the first steps in buying a new home is to take a realistic look at what you can afford and how you are going to pay for it.
What You Should Know About Mortgages
How Much Can You Afford to Spend on a New Home?
Additional Costs of Buying a New Home
The Contract
Once you have found the right builder and decided on the home you want, you are ready to work out the contractual arrangements.
What Should the Contract Cover?
Making the Offer
From Offer to Contract
The Role of A Lawyer
Understanding Change Orders
Keep a Record of Your New Home Purchase
Construction, Possession & Beyond
Below is an outline of the typical construction process today. Bear in mind that the following articles are a generalized description and your new home builder may use a different approach. Ask your builder to explain the process for your home.
The Typical Construction Process
Final Inspection & Taking Possession
Getting to Know Your Home - Warranties, After Sales Service & more
Taking Care of Your New Home
