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Nik211
my little monkey<3
Member since 5/08 3303 total posts
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Nik
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How long did it take....
for you to find your house?
I mean from the day you started house hunting to the day you closed on "the one"?
I know everyone is different....just curious....
we have been looking for almost 6 months already  and we had an offer on 1 house but we didn't go through with it.....so back to square 1....
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Posted 6/3/09 10:05 AM  |
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Belladonna219
HOT MAMA
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Belladonna219
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Re: How long did it take....
I have been looking for 3 years
I could have sold my current house 6 times since then but we passed on offers because we never found a new house. My house is currently schedule to close and we still do not have a new house! We did put a bid on a short sale yesterday. I guess I will be living in an apt 
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:16 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Jen
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Re: How long did it take....
about 3-4 months and about 75-100 houses in that time. We went to open houses when we could and went with our REA other times. It takes time, don't rush your selves. It's a big purchase. Try to enjoy this time looking and waiting for "The One"  GL! 
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:22 AM |
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carlowlou
loving my babies!
Member since 4/08 4594 total posts
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Jen
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Re: How long did it take....
We looked for about a year! First we looked for about 6 months just casually, then another 6 months just about every weekend going to open houses and with an agent. We actually found our house when DH went to the open house without me on a whim...he called me almost as soon as he walked in to come meet him there because he thought I would love it and I did!
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:25 AM |
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yelley
Fortunate
Member since 11/07 3037 total posts
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Danielle
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Re: How long did it take....
7 months with a failed short sale in there (that is still on the market... is it bad that i'm happy about that?  )
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:29 AM |
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Nik211
my little monkey<3
Member since 5/08 3303 total posts
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Nik
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Re: How long did it take....
Posted by yelley77
7 months with a failed short sale in there (that is still on the market... is it bad that i'm happy about that? )
we gave ours up - it was becoming such a headache....we saved enough money while we were waiting to boost up our price range a little - so we saw some other houses while we were down for memorial day and decided to just withdraw on it.....but we still havent found anything else...well we did see something but the property is really overpriced - sellers agent is trying to convince the owners to come down b/c they are being unrealistic but until that happens we have to keep looking
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| Posted 6/3/09 10:38 AM |
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LuvmyShihTzu
<3 I <3 my DD <3
Member since 8/08 3325 total posts
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Happiest Mommy <3
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Re: How long did it take....
About a month!
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| Posted 6/3/09 11:09 AM |
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headoverheels
s'il vous plaît
Member since 6/07 42079 total posts
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LB
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Re: How long did it take....
2 months.
we started looking in very early april. in mid-april, we found 2 houses we loved and made offers on both. both offers were accepted and we chose one.
however that fell thru and we ended up making the same offer as before on the 2nd house a month later, and it was accepted again (lucky for us it was still on the market!)
hopefully we will sign the contract this week... 
i think in total, we looked at about 40-60 houses.
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| Posted 6/3/09 11:15 AM |
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MetsGirl07
LIF O2 Vendor
Member since 12/07 16202 total posts
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Deanna
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Re: How long did it take....
it took us well over a year.. looked at over a hundred houses easily!
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| Posted 6/3/09 11:23 AM |
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jteach
2 and through
Member since 9/07 3939 total posts
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Jess
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Re: How long did it take....
we researched on line for about a month and thenactually went to look at houses for 2 weekends.
So 2 weeks of actual going in person and looking. But I think that is a rareity since dh is a realtor and did a lot of the research for us
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| Posted 6/3/09 11:41 AM |
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Bean08
LIF Adolescent
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Re: How long did it take....
I think it was about 5-6 months...our house was a short sale that took some time, but not as long as they are taking now...
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| Posted 6/3/09 11:45 AM |
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Pumpkin
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Re: How long did it take....
over a yr.
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| Posted 6/3/09 12:35 PM |
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mcd01
Life is good : )
Member since 3/09 1932 total posts
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Melissa
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Re: How long did it take....
haha, dh and I ended up buying land and building our own, house hunting starts out a fun adventure, and turns into a stressful nightmare, that being said I am speaking for myself .. building can be stressful as well. good luck to you....
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| Posted 6/3/09 1:02 PM |
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Re: How long did it take....
We got our accepted offer on our house in the beginning of April.... we started looking immediately. We were out everyday and every minute was spent looking online and driving around.. it was horrific. I hate the entire house hunting process. We found a few houses, but they either accepted another offer, or were taken off the market... we were literally  . BUT we found the house we are in contract now in about a month and a half into looking, and should be closing in mid July.. so a total of 2-3 months.
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| Posted 6/3/09 1:47 PM |
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ImHisMrs
LIF Infant
Member since 11/08 252 total posts
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Mrs. C
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Re: How long did it take....
We looked for almost 2 years.... Thank goodness its over
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| Posted 6/3/09 1:57 PM |
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lorich
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Grammie says "Lora Gina"
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Re: How long did it take....
It took about 2-3 wks for us to find our home.
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| Posted 6/3/09 7:46 PM |
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SnickNNick
In our new house!!
Member since 8/08 2119 total posts
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Nicole
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Re: How long did it take....
We started looking in the middle of February and closed April 30....so I guess like 2 and a half months!
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| Posted 6/3/09 8:45 PM |
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chrisnjoe8108
He's 1!
Member since 8/08 5649 total posts
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Chris
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Re: How long did it take....
We found our house in 3 months but it was being built so from the time we started looking to the time we closed it was 9 months.
We started looking in Jan of 06, we found our house in April and that's when we signed our contracts. We closed the first week in September.
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| Posted 6/4/09 6:03 AM |
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Re: How long did it take....
6 months, about 50-60 houses. When it became "much" we would take a weekend off and not even think about it. Sometimes a break clears your head. Its a big decision and can get really stressful, so i think occasional breaks is needed sometimes.
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| Posted 6/4/09 9:50 AM |
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Megs4
LIF Adult
Member since 11/08 1619 total posts
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Megan
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Re: How long did it take....
It was only about a month from when we started looking to accepted offer, but then we faced crazy "extenuating circumstances" and didn't close until 6 months later.
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| Posted 6/4/09 9:58 AM |
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nov04libride
big brother <3
Member since 5/05 14672 total posts
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Me
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Re: How long did it take....
2 years, hundreds of houses, and 2 lost offers (one lost offer was to a full cash bid...i LOVED that house...the other we were literally a day late)
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| Posted 6/4/09 10:01 AM |
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