Is it better to sell your home before buying a new one?
If the very idea of stressing your finances like this makes you break out in a cold sweat, consider adding a home sale contingency to your home purchase contract. This contingency gives you a set amount of weeks or months to sell your current home before your new home purchase goes through—thus buying you some much-needed time.
When did my husband and I buy our first home?
After a decade of apartment living, my husband and I finally saved up enough money to buy our first home last year. We did our due diligence—checked our credit, got pre-approved, found a realtor we loved—and then on the first weekend of open houses, made an offer. Sounds straightforward, right? Not quite.
When did you start looking for a home?
We started looking for a home about three months before the lease on our apartment ended, assuming we’d have plenty of time to find something—and if not, we could rent month-to-month. Of course, the exact opposite happened: we ended up having to cover both our new mortgage and previous rent for a month.
Who is going to buy the new Mac Pro?
Following Apple’s weekend announcement of the availability, the debate has restarted as to who’s going to buy it. Shortly after reveal, AppleInsider spoke to some people who said why they were going to get one. You know if you’re in the market for a new Mac Pro.
Is there such thing as not buying anything new?
The concept of not buying new isn’t something we came up with on our own. When I first read about The Compact I was a little bit appalled. Why would anyone do that to themselves?
Do you have to sell your home to buy a new one?
With a sale and settlement contingency, you won’t be required to lock in your new home purchase until your home sale is ready to go. But there is a catch.
Why do people buy used instead of New?
We did it, first and foremost, to be kinder to the environment. After all, when you buy new, you are purchasing something that will eventually, one day, take up space in a landfill. When you buy used, you are saving someone else’s trash and giving it a new home.
When to list your home before buying a new one?
In a buyer’s market, inventory’s high (usually in excess of 6 months), there’s downward pressure on prices, and homes are on the market longer. That means you could list your home first, assuming that it won’t necessarily sell right away, and shop for your new home in the time it sits on the market.
