Timing is Everything


You made the decision to buy a home this year. You've met with a loan officer and you're pre-approved. When should you start looking at homes for sale?


In the northern Illinois area, the typical time frame between when an offer is accepted and the home closes is thirty days. Other common closing time frames include forty five days and even sixty days. If you are making a cash offer and have a house that is already vacant, a quick closing would be fifteen days.


If you are seriously ready to buy a home, and you're loan is pre-approved, then you should give yourself thirty days to find the right house. As your buyer's agent, when you're ready to get serious about buying a home, I am available to show you as many homes as needed, to find you your dream home.


If you have several months or more before you are ready to buy a house, the Internet is a great tool to become familiar with what is for sale. At my website http://www.starhomefinders.com/ you can sign up to search the northern Illinois Multiple Listing Service for homes for sale, based on your own specific requirements. You can search by location, price, type of house, number of bedrooms, and so on. You can receive daily emails of newly listed homes for sale that match your criteria - or if a home has had a price change.


In the comfort of your home, you can look at thousands of homes for sale on the Internet. With this much knowledge of what to expect in your price range, you can feel secure in knowing when you've found the right house.


Jim Starwalt

Thinking of making a move? Log onto my website at www.StarHomeFinders.com and search the Multiple Listing Service from over 150,000 homes for sale. Registering is quick and easy!

Jim Starwalt, Broker Associate RE/MAX Center, Phone: 847-548-2625 Jim@StarHomeFinders.com





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