date of contract to closing date

share your dates-

just wanted to see how many people were over or under the " typical" time frame.

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about 3 months

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took me about 3 months on both my houses...but i've had closings on homes i've sold that i got to closing in 30 days. it depends on how fast everyone works.

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Im hoping its 60 days max...

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3 months. They wanted to stay through the holidays

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we're signing contracts before Friday (at the latest Tuesday) and we plan to close at the end of Jan, so just about 30 days! We'll see what happens.

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Contract Date: 11/13/06
Closing Date: 12/28/06

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we signed the contracts the 11/27
we had to send them to the sellers, OOS, they signed and sent them back December 6th?

we are closing 12/22

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Here are the dates for the house we almost bought:

Contract: 12/7
Closing: 2/17

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Contract: about 10/20
My closing date read "on or about 12/11."

I still don't have a confirmed closing date but everyone is confident it will be the first week of January.

ETA: I am happy to report that I am closing on 12/29! But I'd say three months from the time your offer is accepted to closing is fair.

Message edited 12/27/2006 2:50:24 PM.

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contract 8/23
closing 9/21

we were under 30 days.

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We had sellers who wanted to stay through the summer, so we contracted on Memorial Day, closed on 10/1 and still had to wait another 5 days to take possession of the house.

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5 weeks

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It can vary from house to house. A few of my experiences with buying property:

1st purchase & 1st experience with NYC real estate
12/15/96 contract
5/15/1997 closing Yes, 5 months!!! The Sellers tried to back out and ended up asking for a cash deal. The truth is they wanted to sell to a couple who offered more money after we were in contract.

It got better though.
12/7 contract
2/9 closing

6/7 contract
7/20 closing

5/30 contract
8/30 closing

9/1 contract
12/19 closing

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Contract August 10th
Closing Sept 20th..

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sorry I wont be of much help, we signed our contract for construction July 5, 04, closed and moved into the house July 15, 05.