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Spring House Hunt: 47 tips for buying, selling, staging, and more


Jon Gorey - Globe Correspondent
April 7, 2021 9:00 am
Beyond the mulched flower beds and staged living rooms, it’s not a pretty scene: increasingly desperate buyers striking out on offer after offer and would-be sellers afraid to list their homes for fear they won’t be able to buy one themselves. With buyer demand dwarfing the inventory of homes for sale, the spring 2021 real estate market is already a heartbreaker.
We asked realtors, lenders, appraisers, home inspectors, stagers, and movers for tips on how to navigate this season’s housing hysteria.
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BUYING
The bigger the down payment, the better.Prices are rising so fast in this market that appraisals sometimes fall short of the agreed-upon price, and banks generally won’t lend beyond that limit which is one reason sellers like to see a large down payment that can cover the difference. “If there are five offers on the table, one of those people i ....

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