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Sell or Buy First....

This is definitely a big question out there today amongst many home sellers.  Ask yourself a few questions:

What if you bought a home firm and then you had difficulties selling your current home...can you really afford to carry two homes?  What if you don't get the price you had expected on your sale?  How will this affect your bottom line?  Could you handle the stress....

Historically people have sold first and then bought but the times are a changin'.  People are fearful of selling and not finding a suitable new house within the time frame of their closing date.  I always encourage my sellers to sell first and if they need a little more time to shop for their new home - set up a long closing date.  In this past weekend's FINANCIAL POST:

http://business.financialpost.com/2013/02/02/should-you-sell-your-house-before-you-buy-a-new-one/?__lsa=5db1-9b8a

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