Things to consider when trading up to a larger home:
Consider hiring a buyer's agent to provide ongoing reports of homes that meet your requirements and price range.
Don't forget about the home you need to sell - make sure you have made the necessary improvements. Sometimes we can't see what is needed after living in a place so long. Hiring a skilled listing agent can provide you with an unbiased opinion of key items to be completed.
Think about coordinating the buying and selling transactions. You can either work to sell your house first and make any offers on your home contigent on reasonable time for you to buy or make your offer to buy contigent on selling your home. Discuss your options with your real estate agent. Ideally you want to have as little conitigencies on either side to make the transactions as clean as possible.
Don't forget to get preapproved. This can be critical when a seller is considering multiple offers.
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Things to consider when trading up to a larger home:
