How to choose a realtor for buying a house
Mar 16th 2017, 6:36 pm
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Re: How to choose a realtor for buying a house
Small world! Next time you are this way let me know if you are free to meet up for a drink/cuppa. How old are your daughters? I have 16 and 13 year old daughter and a 10 year old son. They keep me busy and out of trouble...if I don't count the complaint that I have with the school board right now, but that is a long story.
For some reason here renting seems a lot cheaper than buying, unless of course you have a huge deposit. We are looking to buy a similar house to the one we rent, yet the mortgage will be about 1.5 times our rent
. Rental properties are not easy to come by either.
For some reason here renting seems a lot cheaper than buying, unless of course you have a huge deposit. We are looking to buy a similar house to the one we rent, yet the mortgage will be about 1.5 times our rent
. Rental properties are not easy to come by either.
I was planning on being in RC on April 1, but now we're full on house move I'm not going to go to that one after all.I just have 1 daughter, she turns 15 next week
You have to factor in the tax breaks for buying as well. Tax wise we'll be around $20k a year better off, which covers the sting. Plus you're re-investing your money rather than giving it away. These are all things I'm telling myself anyway
Mar 16th 2017, 8:18 pm
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Re: How to choose a realtor for buying a house
I'll do that I was planning on being in RC on April 1, but now we're full on house move I'm not going to go to that one after all.
I just have 1 daughter, she turns 15 next week
You have to factor in the tax breaks for buying as well. Tax wise we'll be around $20k a year better off, which covers the sting. Plus you're re-investing your money rather than giving it away. These are all things I'm telling myself anyway
I was planning on being in RC on April 1, but now we're full on house move I'm not going to go to that one after all.I just have 1 daughter, she turns 15 next week
You have to factor in the tax breaks for buying as well. Tax wise we'll be around $20k a year better off, which covers the sting. Plus you're re-investing your money rather than giving it away. These are all things I'm telling myself anyway
I keep telling myself those things too and that house prices keep going up and we don't want to be priced out of the market etc. It's still scary though, the mortgage guy seems to think we can afford much more than I think we can afford 
Mar 17th 2017, 10:30 pm
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Re: How to choose a realtor for buying a house
With the quick turnaround on buying a house I bet you will be snowed under for the next couple of months. Do you have long left on your lease? Ours is to the end of July, so we aren't in any hurry and ideally would like as little over lap as possible as we don't want to be paying rent and a mortgage at the same time I keep telling myself those things too and that house prices keep going up and we don't want to be priced out of the market etc. It's still scary though, the mortgage guy seems to think we can afford much more than I think we can afford
I keep telling myself those things too and that house prices keep going up and we don't want to be priced out of the market etc. It's still scary though, the mortgage guy seems to think we can afford much more than I think we can afford Our mortgage guy thought we could go a bit higher than we originally wanted to go, instead we blew it out of the water and are probably both in a place where we think things could be a little tight. Although in fairness, meeting the reserve requirements has been the hardest part for us.
