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MegZee
My bunny
Member since 5/06 8777 total posts
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Meaghan
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How long did it take to find your house and close?
FH and I are getting married next july - we want to buy a house before the wedding but have enough time to paint and all that jazz.
How long did it take you to find a house (we already know what areas/types of homes we like) and close on it?
We want to have as much time as possible to save our $$ before buying.
TIA
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Posted 6/5/06 10:26 PM  |
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Beth
The Key to your new home....
Member since 2/06 24849 total posts
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Beth
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
average I would say is 3 to 6 months total
my DH said the average time to close is 40 days-
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| Posted 6/5/06 10:38 PM |
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LSP2005
Bunny kisses are so cute!
Member since 5/05 19457 total posts
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L
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We had to shift locations as my DHs job was transferred but from starting in the new location to finding our home it was 5 weeks of solid looking - going out 4 times a week and looking at 6 to 8 homes per visit. I had a very tight turn arround time. Before that we were looking in other areas and had spent about 4 months of looking on and off.
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| Posted 6/5/06 11:02 PM |
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2Pisces
Life Coach
Member since 2/06 3337 total posts
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Paige
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
started looking in January....found house end of April...closed end of June...got keys mid July....renovations....renovations...renovations...moved in this April.
Good Luck. Happy House Hunting!!! 
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| Posted 6/5/06 11:25 PM |
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MegZee
My bunny
Member since 5/06 8777 total posts
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Meaghan
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
Posted by 2Pisces
started looking in January....found house end of April...closed end of June...got keys mid July....renovations....renovations...renovations...moved in this April.
Good Luck. Happy House Hunting!!!
LOL that was the timeline I had in mind. Thanks everyone!
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| Posted 6/6/06 7:13 AM |
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Kissy331
My two miracles!
Member since 5/06 17826 total posts
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Kristen
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We looked for over a year because we were very particular in what we wanted! We found our house in May 2005 & closed August 18th!
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| Posted 6/6/06 7:18 AM |
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2PreciousBlessings
The Perfect Pair
Member since 5/06 19861 total posts
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Best Wife & Mommy
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
It took us over a year because we both know what we wanted and did not want to settle for anything just to say we own a home. We wanted a beautiful home so it was worth the time.
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| Posted 6/6/06 7:24 AM |
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capricorn75
J-E-T-S
Member since 5/05 1645 total posts
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We were not average and we bought 8 years ago but we started looking in late April, found our house in early May and due to lots of unforseen delays, closed end of September.
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| Posted 6/6/06 8:25 AM |
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Diana1215
Living on a prayer!!!
Member since 10/05 29450 total posts
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Diana
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We started looking in December. Found a house end of January and closed April 8th.
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| Posted 6/6/06 8:53 AM |
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Eva Luna
Be kind...life's hard!
Member since 8/05 4750 total posts
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God, bless & heal my DH, JenG's DH Rob & DebG
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
*disclaimer, this was in GA*
We found "the one" house 3/17/06, put in a bid the same day, were accepted 3/23/06 and closed 4/19/06; moved in that day (it was empty). Things move really fast here...
We started looking at houses in December though...
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| Posted 6/6/06 9:40 AM |
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Novem05
LIF Adolescent
Member since 3/06 677 total posts
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We started looking November (1 year from our wedding), went to contract end of March and finally closed October (2 weeks before our wedding). To me it never hurts to start looking early, then you'll know you got what you really wanted.
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| Posted 6/6/06 9:45 AM |
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MrsA
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Member since 1/06 2012 total posts
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We started looking a year ago and then stopped for awhile and started looking actively again about 3 months ago.
We found a house last week and signed the contracts yesterday! We should close mid July. The seller wanted to move things along ASAP so I think in our case things happend quicker than usual.
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| Posted 6/6/06 10:12 AM |
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Baboots
I miss you grandma
Member since 8/05 1437 total posts
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We found our house in one day, but didn't close until 3-4 months later.
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| Posted 6/6/06 10:18 AM |
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kaklesmay
Love my baby boy!
Member since 9/05 1151 total posts
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Kim
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We looked for 3 months religiously before finding the house and will close 1 month from contract... so 4-5 months
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| Posted 6/6/06 10:35 AM |
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~Colleen~
my loves...
Member since 5/05 9129 total posts
Name:
guess
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
We looked for 16 months...(after 7 offers fell through for various reasons) we made an offer on this house and it was accepted 3/1. Contracts were signed 3/28 (due to problems with the Executrix  ) and our closing date was scheduled for 5/15.
We pushed the date back to 5/31 - due to travel plans - and as of today, we STILL haven't closed (again, due to problems with the Executrix).  
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| Posted 6/6/06 10:57 AM |
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raken40
soooo in love:)
Member since 5/05 4369 total posts
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Karen
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
i think it was about 2 1/2 months total
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| Posted 6/6/06 11:10 AM |
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wilandnet
LIF Infant
Member since 9/05 224 total posts
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
Started looking in October, found our house in February, just closed last week!
We could only look during the weekends though, because of busy schedules.
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| Posted 6/6/06 12:04 PM |
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krashnburn
I am Batman!
Member since 5/05 4093 total posts
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I'm Batman, I tell you!
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
Took us 7 months to find our house and about 9 weeks to close.
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| Posted 6/6/06 12:17 PM |
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CkGm
They get so big, so fast :(
Member since 5/05 13848 total posts
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Christine
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Re: How long did it take to find your house and close?
I have been looking casually for about 2 years and seriously since Nov. We found our house Memorial Day weekend and hopefully will close by the end of June.
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| Posted 6/6/06 12:39 PM |
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