What specific features will your ideal home have? While it’s good to retain some flexibility in this list, you’re making perhaps the biggest purchase of your life, and you deserve to have that purchase fit both your needs and wants as closely as possible. Your list should include basic desires, like neighborhood and size, all the way down to smaller details like bathroom layout and a kitchen that comes with trustworthy appliances. How much mortgage do you qualify for? Before you start shopping, it’s important to get an idea of how much a lender will actually be willing to give you to …