Show Notes
I’ve built HomeBuyerReady.ie to help you through the whole buying process, with a free account giving you access to property reports, calculators, an assistant and tools to keep track of the homes you’re viewing. It is basically everything you need to know to buy a home, all in one place. Ten Questions sent in by my Instagram followers
Is there going to be a crash, and how long can prices keep climbing? How does a home go 300k over asking, and was the asking price just wrong? How are upsizers meant to compete when they always have a home to sell? Fixed or variable, and for how long? Will the 500k Help to Buy and First Home threshold ever move? How do you assess an apartment’s sinking fund and the risk of a surprise levy? Sale agreed on a home with the attic trusses cut, and renegotiating when the planning is off How do you pick a solicitor, and what are they actually doing in all that silence? What data should be on a property listing that isn’t? What has been the most frustrating part of all this for me?
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