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LIgrlatheart
LIF Adolescent
Member since 7/06 638 total posts
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christi
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from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
Say me and my fiance find a house, we look at it and want to start the house buying process (we are looking to get a prequal mortgage soon just started looking seriously this week)...
how long on the avg does the process take?
I know it can totally vary from weeks to months if theres drama but is there a normal time frame to expect?
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Posted 10/10/06 9:06 PM  |
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MegZee
My bunny
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
i would say first of all good luck!
second - get preapproved, not prequalified for a mortgage
FH and I have been looking for months, but we really have been researching areas, etc.
we are going to hopefully be in contract by january and close in march. I would estimate 60-90 days from contracts to closing.
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| Posted 10/10/06 9:09 PM |
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Nicole728
My Happy Girl
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
we researched houses for a while.. got preapproved...then last Nov we went and looked at houses...we put an offer in on one a few days later...two days later they told us that our offer was accepted...we closed three weeks later...it went soooo fast!
Message edited 10/10/2006 9:18:17 PM.
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| Posted 10/10/06 9:11 PM |
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LIgrlatheart
LIF Adolescent
Member since 7/06 638 total posts
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christi
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
Posted by Meaghan729
i would say first of all good luck!
second - get preapproved, not prequalified for a mortgage
FH and I have been looking for months, but we really have been researching areas, etc.
we are going to hopefully be in contract by january and close in march. I would estimate 60-90 days from contracts to closing.
oh thank you im so new to this house buying stuff! i did mean pre approved.. oops
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| Posted 10/10/06 9:17 PM |
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alnem
This is gonna be a good year!
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Emily
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
45-90 days is the average
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| Posted 10/10/06 9:27 PM |
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MarisaK
HELLO Manolo !!
Member since 5/06 14562 total posts
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Marisa
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
We found a house and offered 9/29, offer accepted and paperwork signed 9/30 - Engineer in to inspect 10/2, Contract signed and check mailed today - Now we're waiting for the sellers to sign and send us a copy of the contract to continue the mortgage process (We had been preapproved about a week before we found the house)
Our closing date is set for 11/29 - as of now.......So I guess from finding to closing, it will be about 2 months for us
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| Posted 10/10/06 9:32 PM |
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KPsquared
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
Once you have an accepted offer the average is about 3 months. But it takes a while to find the perfect house. It took us 10 months 
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| Posted 10/10/06 10:03 PM |
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angnick
Life is So Wonderful!
Member since 8/06 6663 total posts
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Angela
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
I would say 3 months, that has been my experience.
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| Posted 10/11/06 8:59 AM |
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bikramaddict
mommy-to-be
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
DH and I found our house and made an offer....negioations were finished within two hours. We had an engineer in two days later. Our lawyers agreed on terms and the seller is signing contracts today. I'll probably sign in the next day or two! Tentative closing is 12/10.
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| Posted 10/11/06 1:25 PM |
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LIgrlatheart
LIF Adolescent
Member since 7/06 638 total posts
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christi
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
Thanks so much ladies, that was very helpful!
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| Posted 10/11/06 3:39 PM |
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CheeChee
HI THERE!!!!
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
My whole process from finding the house to closing was about a month and a half..
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| Posted 10/12/06 12:22 AM |
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Ang-Rich
Beyond Compare
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
It took us a little over a month to have an accepted offer and close on the house we just purchased but that was because we worked really hard to make it happen. Our buyer on the other took a lot longer because he wanted to dealy the closing to coincide with his lease end date. We had an accepted offer at the end of June and didn't close until the middle of September.
So I think that the norm might be in the 2-3 month range depending on how smooth the paperwork flows and how quickly the bank turns things around.
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| Posted 10/12/06 12:36 PM |
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MrsA
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Re: from finding to accpetance to closing... how long?
Took us about 2 months or a little less.
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| Posted 10/12/06 12:44 PM |
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