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How To Buy A How To Buy A House Before Selling Yours: The Structure Behind A Non-Contingent Offer
If you want to buy a house before selling yours, the problem is almost never desire. It is cash and timing. Friends of mine closed on their new home today in Flagstaff, Arizona. Their old home — a mountain-town property in Summit County, Colorado — went on the market in April. No offer, no contract,…
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Buy Before You Sell: Jumbo Loan Rules When Your House Is Listed but Not Under Contract
You found the next house before your current one sold. It is listed. Showings are happening. But there is no signed contract yet. Now the lender wants to count both house payments against you — and on a jumbo loan, that second payment can sink the whole approval. That is the real question behind a…
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Jumbo Rates Are Now Beating Conventional. Here’s Why.
Jumbo mortgage rates in 2026 broke an old rule. For years, jumbo ran higher than conventional. If your loan went above the conforming loan limit, you paid more for it. Now a strong borrower can get a jumbo rate that matches — or beats — a standard conventional rate. This post breaks down what changed,…
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An Unplanned Jumbo Purchase, a Recast Strategy, and a CTC
A family in Colorado Springs wasn’t planning to move. Then the right home came up at the right price. They had a lot of equity locked in their current house — but no buyer yet, no sale under contract, and no plan. Most people in that spot either wait or write a contingent offer. Both…
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Denied for a Jumbo, Closed in Two Weeks: A Detroit Business Owner Story
A Detroit business owner found us through ChatGPT after his major bank denied his jumbo loan two weeks before closing — even though they had already issued his pre-approval. The reason the bank gave him: he had not yet filed his second-year (2025) business tax return. Not because his income was weak. Not because his…
