Sunday, November 1, 2009

Excuse me while I hyperventilate

Given that we now have a baby on the way, and that our apartment is WAY too small to accommodate us, our two cats, and our bundle of joy, J and I decided on Wednesday that now might be a good time to start looking into buying a house again. So on Thursday we called a realtor that a friend of mine recommended, and she sent us an email with a bunch of listings in our price range. We went through that list and picked several in a bunch of different areas that we liked. On Friday we talked to a loan officer and got the pre-approval process started. Yesterday we went and looked at a ton of houses, and found one we really liked. Today we looked at several more, and decided to make an offer on the one we liked from yesterday before someone else came along and stole it from us. After a couple of rounds of counteroffers, we settled on a price. Now it's a matter of making sure that we have insurance, making sure that all of the loan paperwork gets taken care of, getting the inspection, and having the attorney look over the contract. Oh, and we're hoping to close before Thanksgiving so we can take advantage of the $8000 tax credit that is currently being offered to first-time home buyers. EEK!!!!!

1 comment:

  1. Congratulations! That all sounds so exciting. And I am super jealous about that tax credit. My brother is buying his first house and got it too.

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