Comments on: Gulp

By: Sharyn

Sharyn — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:54:26 +0000

It’s not always just about the money. I lucked out with my house because, out of the multiple bidders, I was the most flexible about the move-in date. Whatever the case househunting can be a stressful process. Good luck!

By: dave

dave — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:16:07 +0000

Sorry you didn’t get it. The very concept of buyers bidding over houses above the asking price is completely foreign to me. Where we live, you generally get a house for about 10% off the asking price. That, and our houses cost less than half what they do where you are. I guess not *everything* about the deep south sucks.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:19:43 +0000

Thanks to wedding gifts, we have about $25k to put down. I thought this was a HUGE amount of money, until I realized that in Seattle it’s really only about 5% of most of the houses we’re looking at.

By: allie

allie — Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:38:48 +0000

Ariel-
Out of curiosity, do you & Andreas have a decent amt of savings to put towards a home, or are you planning to use the FHA/VHA type of loans that require little to no $$$ down? Chris & I are *just* at the beginning stages of home-purchase discussion, and I figured you guys were probably in a similar boat as us.

By: Terry

Terry — Sun, 13 Mar 2005 20:32:07 +0000

GOOD LUCK! the house looks fabulously adorable!