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When Divorce Forces the Sale of Your Orange County Home

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 12:04pm. 270 Views, 0 Comments.

Divorce is no picnic, especially when it requires that you sell your home.  The emotional, fincancial, and logistical implications of having to sell your home because of divorce can be overwhelming for sure.
If you find yourself in this position, here are a couple of things to keep in mind that may help you make the right decision.

Be Realistic About the Value of Your Home

First, you need to be realistic about the value of your home.  This is critical information which will help you understand your options.  In the current Orange County Real Estate market, it is not unusual to discover that your home is worth less that what you owe on it.

Have Equity?

If you have equity in your home, meaning the home will sell for more than you owe plus the cost of…

Have you decided to buy a new home? Have to sell the one you own now to do it? Here's how that works....

Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 8:34pm. 258 Views, 0 Comments.

So you've decided to make a move and sell your Orange County, CA house - to buy a larger home, a smaller home, a newer home, or a home in a different city.  But you have to sell the house you own now to make it happen.  How does that work?

Well, you have a couple of options - I'll outline each of them.

Sell Your Current House, Then buy Your New Home

Pretty simple - get your house ready to sell, list you house, sell your house, then go find your new home.  But the timing is the thing you have be prepared for.  Here's what might happen and what you can do:

Your house sells immediately and you panic because you don't know where you'll go. 

1. You can ask for a longer escrow - to give you time to find your next home.

2. Ask for a rent back from the…