Whod have thunk a stackable washer-dryer could cost $1,000?
By MP Dunleavy If you’ve never bought a house before, or if you’re thinking of buying one now, the main thing you need to know is how much it’s going to cost you — really cost you. Not the asking price, not the negotiated price, not what the combined assault of the down payment, closing costs and moving expenses will set you back. I’m not even talking about those annoying “hidden” expenses that get bundled into your financing, like last-minute pork-belly provisions that Congress slaps onto a bill just before it passes: title fees, bank fees, filing fees, processing fees, holy-cow-we-need-a-new-ashtray fees. Even after you pay for all of that, just when you’re ready to wipe your brow and say, “Phew, I’m glad that’s over,” brace yourself for yet another onslaught of major expenditures that no one ever warned you about. Lucky for you, I’m here with the wakeup call and the numbers. Get out your pen and revise your home-buying budget accordingly: You’ve got guests The whole reason people b
