Depending on the economy and recent developing one may have been able to find various deals or discounts through various places. When one was looking into a home in new developments the building companies may have given a certain percentage off of a home if it was bought inside of the promotional time frame. There may have been fine print in the contract of the home. Such as the percentage off may not come off of the total price of the land plus the home but just off of the price of the built home itself. There have also been perks to home-buyers in forms of money back or help with closing costs from the government. Buying a home during one of these real estate deals could have potentially saved the home-buyer a great deal of money.