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What to Do Before Continuing Your Home Search

1. Keep Your Finances in Order

Make sure your finances are still in good shape. Check your credit and debt-to-income ratio again, make adjustments where necessary, and remember not to make any major financial decisions, like getting an auto loan or buying expensive appliances.

2. Review Your Priorities

When you first started looking for a home, you probably made a list of features and qualities a property and/or neighborhood absolutely must have to be worth your consideration. Now that some time has passed, your priorities may have changed, or you may be willing to relax on certain requirements you had before. Refine your home search by going over your old list to see what sticks and where you can be flexible.

3. Create a New Plan

Take an honest, critical look at how your home searching process has been going. What can you do to increase your chances of finding a great home this time? Maybe you need to devote more hours each week to checking listings or exploring neighborhoods, for example. Consult your loan officer for ideas on how you can improve your strategies.

Remember, you only need to find the right home once, and the next one you see could always be the winner. Keep your eyes on the prize and you’ll have a great place sooner than later.

Contact a Loan Originator Today!