Welcome to our new video series: Two Realtors and a Couch

Where we talk about your real estate questions, what’s going on in our current market in North Bay, Ontario and how we can help.

Today we talk about how to increase your chances of buying the house that you want in a competitive market… because we are in a Seller’s Market.

One of the biggest items is:

Be prepared!

Be pre-approved for your financing. Talk to your Bank or Mortgage Broker before going out and shopping for houses. Most realtors will ask you if you’ve been pre-approved before taking you out shopping.

We are talking about what’s staying with the property when it closes and what’s going. These are FIXTURES (items attached to the house, like built-in dishwasher) and CHATTELS items that are movable like a fridge.his is a great place to familiarize yourself with the process. Knowledge is power!

Next, what goes into an offer and how to make YOUR offer stand out against the other offers.

FOUR of the big items a BUYER and SELLER have to agree on in an offer

Price $$$

Closing Date

Pro tip! Try to close during the week if you can and not on a Friday. If something unforeseen comes up on your closing date and you need to push the closing date a day, you don’t want to have to wait all weekend for Monday.

What’s included and included.

We are talking about what’s staying with the property when it closes and what’s going. These are FIXTURES (items attached to the house, like a built-in dishwasher) and CHATTELS items that are movable like a fridge.

Conditions.

A standard offer usually has 3 main conditions: Financing, Insurance and Home Inspections.

Right now in our HOT market, we are seeing multiple offers going in on properties or bidding wars if you’d like to call them that.

One way to make your offer stand out is by including a letter . Write a letter to the seller right from the . Explain to them who you are and why you want the property. You’d be surprised how many times a Seller is impressed that you took the time to write that letter and tell them how much you love their property.

We as realtors are here to explain the pros and cons, the risks involved, answer your questions, give our advice and do as much as we can to get you your new house.

We believe that knowledge is power and we want to be able to give that to as many people as we can because we want you to have a fantastic buying experience.

If you liked our video and would like to talk more or sign up for our Buyer Seminars we are happy to help! See the link below where to contact us or send us a message.

Thanks for hanging out with us on our couch! See you next time!

Matt Laframboise

Sales Representative

Natasha Laframboise

Sales Representative

Phil Seguin

Sales Representative

Laframboise Team

Realty Executives Local Group Inc, Brokerage

705-475-2222

team@laframboiseteam.ca

Not intended to solicit those currently working with a realtor.

We have protocols in place for all showings to help keep everyone safe as possible during this COVID19 pandemic.

All information shared is for general purposes only.