The extension of the $8,000 tax credit for first time buyers and addition of the $6,500 tax credit for people who have owned their homes five of the past eight years has more buyers out looking at homes this holiday season.

A home purchase is one of the largest a person makes in their lifetime. Follow these pointers to make the experience go more smoothly, be less costly, more organized and less bewildering.

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