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dandr10199
Grace is growing up too fast!
Member since 10/05 11561 total posts
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Dina
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Question with Poll...
And how soon after looking did you close?
We started in September and closed in late October.
ETA: What was more of a factor in looking for you...interest rates at the time? the weather? or something else?
DH and I are having a debate about what causes people to start "looking". Stupid debate I know, but I was just curious. TIA 
Message edited 3/14/2006 2:56:22 PM.
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~Colleen~
my loves...
Member since 5/05 9129 total posts
Name:
guess
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Re: Question with Poll...
We're hoping to close May 30th...1) so we can continue to bank $$$ and 2) so that we don't have to pay back taxes to the seller 
ETA: We started looking May of 2004 and stopped that August (our wedding was Sept.). We started up again January 2005...and found a house late February, 2006.
We started looking b/c we were done with renting and wanted a house...weather, rates, etc were not factors.
Message edited 3/14/2006 3:10:57 PM.
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| Posted 3/14/06 2:55 PM |
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Kate
*****
Member since 5/05 7557 total posts
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Kate
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in September, found the house in November, and closed in May. We started looking as soon as I legally changed my name after we returned from our honeymoon.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:05 PM |
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trayrod
LIF Infant
Member since 5/05 73 total posts
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in November, found a house in the middle of February and should be able to close by March 30th.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:10 PM |
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patti08
Happy
Member since 5/05 3893 total posts
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Patti
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking when we had a certain amount saved.
We began in mid March, found our house mid May and closed mid August.
We started pretty much because all of the hub-bub of the wedding was over and we'd setteled down, paid off all our credit card bills, saved money for down payment and just felt it's what was next. We were in no rush with an open ended lease and waited to find a house we loved.
For us it had nothing to do with season or weather or interest rates or the ridiculous housing market, we were just ready.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:15 PM |
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wilandnet
LIF Infant
Member since 9/05 224 total posts
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in late September. We knew it would take some time, but wanted to make sure we closed before our wedding (this august). Even though we wanted to close before our wedding, we wanted to have a couple of months to settle in before the wedding.
We found our house beginning of February. We are scheduled to close around April 15.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:18 PM |
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my3bugs
Mom of 2 Boys
Member since 5/05 4381 total posts
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started casually looking in the winter January-March. Found our house in April, closed in May.
For us, what caused us to look is we got married in the late fall waited out the holidays and had free time to look and explore what was out there. We thought the entire process would take longer than it did. Our original plans were to find a house and not close until September-ish when my old apt lease would have been expiring. But we found our house much soomer than we expected.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:45 PM |
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LSP2005
Bunny kisses are so cute!
Member since 5/05 19458 total posts
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L
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking after we got engaged in May 04, but then DH found that his job was potentially transferring to another state (it did) so we waited until we were more certain of where we were going. We started to look in NJ (the new location) in April 05 after the move location was announced just to get a feel of the different neighborhoods. We started to seriously look in August 05 and found our home in September 05 and closed in October 05.
We had to close before November 05 as we would have lost an amazing rate lock. So I knew that I had to find a house by the second week of October at the latest in order to close before we would loose the rate lock. In addition, DH had to be in NJ at his new job location by December 05 so we needed to move in November 05 (which we did). We were under a time crunch because the move gave us 1/3 of the amount of our downpayment for our home. If we did not buy when we did we would have lost $$$$ because the company gave us twice as much to buy than to rent.
Message edited 3/14/2006 3:50:21 PM.
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| Posted 3/14/06 3:48 PM |
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aimerliny
LIF Infant
Member since 5/05 336 total posts
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in March/April. Went to contract in June, closed in August and finally got to move in September.
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| Posted 3/14/06 4:08 PM |
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Redhead
You Live, You Learn
Member since 5/05 31871 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: Question with Poll...
late summer early fall
and we had to sell our condo first so that was the biggest factor..
And we feared what another season would do to predicted drops in prices...
so we went for it
We sold our condo but we are STILL looking for our home
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| Posted 3/14/06 5:07 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
Member since 5/05 18602 total posts
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The cure IS worse!
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in Jan, saw our house in the first half of Feb and closed on March 31st.
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| Posted 3/14/06 8:25 PM |
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danielleandscott
My new 71 Super Beetle
Member since 5/05 13476 total posts
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Scott
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started in February and signed our contract in July
Scott
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| Posted 3/14/06 8:35 PM |
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csorisi
My 2 LOVES
Member since 11/05 1984 total posts
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Corinne
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Re: Question with Poll...
Posted by DebG
We started looking in Jan, saw our house in the first half of Feb and closed on March 31st.
This was pretty much us but we aren't going to close till mid-April and probably won't more in till June. We started looking because we wanted out of our apartment we felt giving someone else 16,000 of our money was enough & we had the money in the bank. We wanted out of our apartment by sept and figured if we found something by then it would be ok we ended up finding something really quickly and we couldn't be happier.
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| Posted 3/14/06 8:53 PM |
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capricorn75
J-E-T-S
Member since 5/05 1645 total posts
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking around Feb/March (I voted spring), found our house in May but didn't close until September.
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| Posted 3/14/06 9:37 PM |
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charon54
My two boys!
Member since 5/05 7279 total posts
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Rebecca
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking around Thanksgiving, found it in December, went to contract the day before Christmas. We closed at the end of March. We could have closed in Feburary, but we wanted to wait because of our lease at our old apartment.
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| Posted 3/15/06 8:58 AM |
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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: Question with Poll...
In February, right after we got back from our honeymoon. We didn't find one till the end of August. We closed in November.
Message edited 3/15/2006 11:46:50 AM.
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| Posted 3/15/06 11:45 AM |
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FelAndJon
needs to update her avatar pic
Member since 6/05 10212 total posts
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Felice (aka LuckyBride2004)
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in April. Stopped for a few months during the summer, started up again in very beginning of September. Found our house in November, closed the first week of December.
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| Posted 3/15/06 12:34 PM |
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aliasPook
Blessed x 3
Member since 6/05 2460 total posts
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Laurie
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Re: Question with Poll...
We started looking in July, found the house in July, signed the contract in AUgust and didn't close until November because the sellers weren't ready. We started loking because we just found out I was pregnant and we needed to move asap... took alot longer than planned...
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| Posted 3/15/06 12:37 PM |
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