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Who will win and lose if the central bank raises interest rates?

Are you getting nervous about the housing market?

Most people think that obtaining a mortgage is the last step in getting the keys to your new home. Despite what seems to be a peripheral awareness, the reality is that most of the time people forget that it should actually be the first.

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Buying your first home is all about smart budgeting saving enough for a downpayment, crunching numbers to determine how much mortgage you can afford, allocating funds to DIY your fixer-upper into move-in condition. But the costs don’t end there.