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Understand Your Equity and Timing Before You Decide
Understand your equity, financing, and timing before deciding whether to buy or sell first.
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The situation
Move-up buyers are solving two problems at once: financing a new home and unwinding their current one, often without a lot of margin for carrying both. The sequencing decision — buy first or sell first — has real financial consequences that are worth thinking through before you fall in love with a listing.
Questions people in this situation usually ask
- Should I buy before I sell my current home, or sell first?
- How much of my current equity can I actually count on before it's sold?
- What does it look like financially to carry two homes for a period of time?
- How does my down-payment strategy change as a move-up buyer versus a first-time buyer?
Related questions to solve
Buying Before Selling
Buying before selling can simplify your move logistically, but it introduces financial questions worth working through first.
Down Payment Options
There's no universal right answer — 5%, 10%, and 20% down each trade cash today for payment and mortgage-insurance differences later.