On tv’s “Escape to the Country”, it’s amazing how many house-seekers will view all 3 houses, sometimes falling in love with 2, and then admit they still have to sell their current homes! (Uh, why are they looking?)
The chances of the clock stopping for this key/basic aspect are next-to-nil. One wonders why they get so taken by or worked up about a property before they can realistically make a move on it/before they have a seriously good chance of getting it.
The prospective buyer on today’s show kept referring to his cheque book being ready to purchase, but, in reality, that’s just a joke given the above, normal horse before cart process.
Wouldn’t it make sense to have sold the house and have weeks to go looking for new digs, and then when finding the right area or house, to make the fast, expeditious, or immediate move?
The nice buyers I saw today don’t likely have a tinker’s chance at getting either of the two places they fell in love with because square A hasn’t yet happened, and they actually entered the house search with all kinds of built-in limits and limitations. In short, they are/were simply not ready to buy.
Says a lot about many people: very impractical and unrealistic, basically.