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Conducting your home search can be a fun and rewarding experience. Be sure to work closely with your Buyer Representative in clearly communicating your needs and wants in a property.There are many tools to assist you with finding your home. Your Buyer Representative will be your point person in finding your new home. This team effort will give you the greatest chance at finding your dream home. Here are some tools to assist with your search:
- Buyer Representative: has real time access to the newest listings on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and knows about homes that may not be in the MLS. Because your Buyer Representative is in contact with sellers each day, they may also know sellers who are starting to think about selling their home.
- CBFunkhouser.com: This website is equipped with easy search capabilities allowing you to quickly find available homes in your specific criteria with the most property detail available.
- Open Homes: Many buyers like to use the weekend to casually view open homes. If you are currently working with a Realtor, tell the Seller's Representative at the Open House who is representing you so they can be of greater assistance to you.
Home Search Tips
- Understand Your Timeline: If you have a move-in date in mind, work backwards to understand your timeline. Generally, you can expect the time from Contract Ratification to Settlement to be 30 to 45 days. Additionally, you will need to consider that Purchase Offer & Negotiations often take 3 to 5 days. For example, if you want or need to move in to your new home in 60 days, you will have a search time of about 15 days.
- Clearly identify and understand your needs and wants
- Learn the neighborhoods
- Focus your search on your most important criteria and geographic location
- Prioritize your selections
- During each tour, decide whether you love this home or just like this home
- Find a 2nd option home: You will be in a much better negotiating position with a seller if you have already identified another similar home.
