/post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/ Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:01:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4682 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:37:44 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4682 […] one is more shocked by this than me! It was such a whirlwind experience. The housing market (as I mentioned before) is super competitive, and house shopping with two toddlers was certainly not an easy […]

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4674 Fri, 03 Aug 2018 13:56:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4674 I thought the market in Colorado was hot. We had two offers the day after our house went on the market, and one was over asking (by $5000, not $100,000). I cannot imagine the stress of waiving contingencies and paying that much over asking. Glad y’all found a place!

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4661 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:58:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4661 Oh gosh I can’t even imagine the prices in SoCal… although we’re probably getting closer to that level here! We had friends who ended up having to pay an extra $200k in cash because they waived the finance contingency and their house was appraised for way under what they paid for it. It’s really just stressful and chaotic and people can get very screwed over if they aren’t careful or if they don’t have a good realtor! Good luck on your housing search/selling!

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4659 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:56:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4659 I was just in the burbs of Philly the other month for a bridal shower! And yeah, it’s crazy how far over asking these houses are going for… negotiations aren’t even an option – everyone just gives their best and final offer.

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4660 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:56:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4660 It is so stressful to think that your ‘perfect’ house might not even be available the next day if you don’t jump on it – right?! It’s chaos.

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4658 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:55:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4658 Ohhhh I didn’t realize the market was so hot over there, too! It’s so hard to make such big life choices in the span of a few hours… nice for the sellers but it definitely makes it stressful for buyers!

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4656 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:54:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4656 It’s super weird to make such a big life decision in the span of a few hours! I don’t know how other people do it… and am really thankful that me and Tim have flexible schedules so we could find a house. But there is no WAY we would have survived months and months of that chaos!

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4657 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 01:54:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4657 Wooohoooo for selling in a hot market though! Congrats, again!

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4655 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 18:45:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4655 Oh ma goodness. So Cal real estate is expensive (my city is usually in top 5, always below SF), and moves fast, but not that fast and furious. That’s insane! The idea of waiving contingencies AND having to pay 1-200k over asking is insane. How many people must end up stuck without sufficient financing?? It’s just not right. We’re currently in the selling and buying situation and I’m finding it incredibly stressful as is.

]]> /post/2018/07/23/buying-a-house-in-seattle/#comment-4652 Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:50:00 +0000 /?p=7971#comment-4652 So I’m not in a hot market, but I am in a huge medical area, and we moved to town at the beginning of the “medical new year” when everyone new comes. Good grief, houses would be gone in under an hour!

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