Listed 9 days, 8 showings, 1 offer!

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Originally Posted by homeowner35

Congrats! I put an offer on my home the first time I saw it. Most people make a decision as soon as they step in the house. I think you should still continue to show the house to obtain back up offers. It is very difficult to get a mortgage in today's market.

Thanks.

The decision to show or not show is not our decision. This is a relocation through a relo co. Buyer signed the relo co's addendums, the relo co accepted the offer. We don't wait until 2 weeks before closing like a lot of relo policies work. Ours is immediate. We'll be getting our - my brain is so fried I cant think of the correct word - money before my hubby reports to work the middle of October. I'll be here till the end of October or until our house closes in KY, whichever comes first.

Tho it's looking as if we'll not close and will have to start looking for a rental. [Over 2 fricking deposits totaling less than $1,600.00 that the loan processor does not accept the explanaiton of.] I knew everything was going too smooth and the fit would hit the shan before it was all over. But whatever is meant to be will be, and I'm not going to fret over it. Life is way too short.

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Originally Posted by Tish Thompson

Yay! Too bad you're not in VA...I have buyers but nothing to sell them. There are some people who know exactly what they want, and don't have to do a lot of shopping around to make a decision. Buying a house is different then other purchases because of the amount of money that's spent....but the decision process is very similar to the way you buy anything else. When someone wants to buy a car, he doesn't go to 30 different dealerships....so why would he need to see 30 different houses?

I see what you're trying to say in the car dealership analogy. But it's not quite the same. A Ford Focus is basically the same at any dealership you go to. But a lived in house, even ones that use the same floorplan, are not the same. I guess it just comes down to shopping styles. For me, the more expensive something is, the more I check and compare so I get what I really want. I think a house will be the most expensive something I will ever buy so of course I'm gonna check out quite a few, and some of those more than once. Even if I find one that I walk into and think "this is the one" if I haven't walked through a few more, I'm still gonna walk through them.