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How Many Weeks Does It Really Take to Buy a Home?
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Jun 26, 2025
Buying a home is an exciting process, but how long does it actually take from start to finish? From getting mortgage pre-approval to closing the deal, each step has its own timeline and potential delays. In this video, we’ll break down the typical home-buying timeline and answer 15 of the most common questions buyers have. Want even more details? You can learn more about how long it takes to buy a home on our blog: 👉 https://real-estate-crunch.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-buy-a-home/ #RealEstateCrunch #HomeBuyingTips #MortgageProcess #RealEstateAdvice #BuyAHome #FirstTimeHomeBuyer #RealEstateMarket #HouseHunting
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this is Anita from Real Estate Crunch
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today we're going to talk a little bit
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about how long does it take to buy a
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home or to buy some property a lot of
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people you know might think well this
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should be instantaneous i should be able
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to see a property buy it and then
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automatically be able to get it but
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actually it is quite a long process it
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can be anywhere you know normally on
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average time between 30 to 90 days or
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even uh for some people might even be a
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bit longer
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let's just talk a bit about a breakdown
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of the average time for different
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aspects of purchasing property or home
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pre-approval for mortgage can take
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between one to five days house hunting
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one to three months or longer depending
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on the competitive market i always
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really recommend that people don't buy
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the first house they see you know go
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view at least 10 or 20 houses even if
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you're in a competitive market because
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you just really don't know what's out
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there until you really start exploring
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and looking at things when I say
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go there I mean physically go to the
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house you know of course don't just go
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on Zello and look at the pretty pictures
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or everything else but go there and
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physically look at a house because my
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experience has been that looking at a
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picture and actually standing in a space
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can be very different it can just feel
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different it can just look different and
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so you really need to see the space in
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person making an offer could be 1 to
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seven days offer acceptance and signing
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the contract could be 1 to three days
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home inspection appraisal could be one
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to two weeks securing financing could be
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three to six weeks and closing the sale
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could be one to two days so you start to
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add all this up you can see that it
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takes some time let's go through each of
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these and explain maybe some of the
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reasons why pre-approval for a mortgage
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you take one to five days part of the
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reason why is because the lenders need
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to verify your income your
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creditworthiness and your debt to income
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ratio so delays can occur you know if
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you're missing documents or your
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financial situation is very complex so
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actually this could even take longer you
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know depending upon this if they're
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missing documents you got to go get a
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document and might take you a while to
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get a document it could take a longer
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time than this house hunting takes one
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to three months or more you know finding
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a home that meets your needs and your
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budget can be challenging especially in
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a sellers market where properties are
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snapped up quickly so you know depending
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upon what kind of market you're in this
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could actually take a lot more time than
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you expect making an offer can take one
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to seven days sellers might take their
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time to review offers and especially if
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they receive multiple bids negotiations
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can also prolong this step so even this
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1 to seven days it can actually take
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longer if there's negotiations if
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there's several offers on the table and
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maybe the seller themselves is dragging
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their feet they really can't decide
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which offer they want to take offer
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acceptance and signing the contract
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takes one to three days both parties
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must review and agree to the contract
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terms which may require minor
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adjustments and if it requires minor
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adjustments then of course maybe it goes
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back to a legal team or lawyers or other
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people and then you know that of course
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could add to this too home inspection
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can take one to two weeks you know
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inspectors and appraisers must visit the
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property prepare detailed reports and
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communicate their findings to the
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relevant parties scheduling conflicts
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can also make a difference here you know
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if the house is empty and they maybe
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aren't able to get into the house or
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there could be some other conflicts here
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which can also add to this timeline
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securing financing 3 to six weeks you
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know lenders follow a detailed
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underwriting process to assess risk any
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discrepancies in your financial
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documents or issues with the appraisal
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can cause delays now of course if this
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is a cash offer this would be different
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if you're not looking for a mortgage
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you're going to pay cash of course all
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of this could go faster then and that's
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some reasons why sometimes some sellers
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might prefer a cash offer just because
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of the time on this if they need money
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quickly they might say "This guy's going
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to give me cash and this will be so much
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quicker than going through all these
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other steps." Closing the sale can take
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one to two days you know coordinating
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with the seller lender and the title
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company can take time any errors in the
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paperwork may cause delays so all of
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these things can actually take time in
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this so here are some of the reasons why
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you know buying a home takes so long
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there's different also other reasons
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that can add to this one is market
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conditions is it a seller or buyer's
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market
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how motivated is the seller to really
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sell the property or are they looking
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for the best offer there is around or
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are they really in a hurry there could
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be or do they have some cash offers on
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the table and they decide that they
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would rather take the cash offer than
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another type of offer financing
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requirements can take time too
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inspections and appraisals take time and
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coordination between all the parties
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because you know you don't own the
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property so you don't have the right to
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be able to let them in so you have to
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wait for the owner to or the real estate
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agent whoever dealing with the property
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to be able to coordinate with all the
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inspections and other things to be able
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to let them in to view the property so
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there's a lot of coordination that goes
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on you know is it possible to buy a home
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faster you can get your pre-approval
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earlier which would help work with an
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experienced agent who can help you
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through the entire process be flexible
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will be open to different neighborhood
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different home types can reduce the
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search time and have your documents
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ready make sure you understand exact
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which financial documents are required
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and make sure that you have them all
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ready and in place we have written a
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blog post on this entitled "How long
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does it take to buy a home and we will
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put a link in the description below uh
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for this and also on there we have some
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fre uh 15 frequently asked questions
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that a lot of people ask that are
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looking to buy property and um hopefully
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you can receive an answer through those
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also thank you so much for listening we
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