Short answer... probably not.

But, let's get into the slightly longer answer...

You are excited to buy a new home BUT you need to sell one in order to buy.

No problem, you've heard that you can just include a home sale contingency in your offer to buy your new house, and all will be well.

Or will it...

Most sellers in the current market (in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area) are not likely to accept your offer with a home sale contingency.

But why!?

Well... it's basically just trading needing to sell one house... for needing to sell another.

If the owners of the home you would like to purchase have finally reached the finish line of getting their home on the market for sale... they are likely now primed to get it sold, and get to closing.

A buyer without a home sale contingency offers a concrete plan for accomplishing the seller's goal... I will buy your house.

If you make an offer with a home sale contingency, your plan for accomplishing the seller's goal is a bit more complex... I will buy your house once someone buys my house.

In some ways, your plan (I'll buy after I sell) keeps the seller in the same exact spot they already were -- needing a house to sell.

But in some ways, your plan puts them in a worse spot... they don't need their house to sell (over which they have control of the price, condition and marketing)... they need your house to sell, and they do not have control over the price, condition and marketing.

So... if you are excited to buy a home, but you need to sell a home first, we'll need to discuss some alternative strategies for doing so, as we likely won't want to depend on an offer with a home sale contingency getting you to the finish line.