Moving!

And like that... we are buying a house!

SB and I have been tempering our emotions (or trying to) over the past two weeks, given the stop/go nature of the home-buying process. All of the steps -- having a private showing, making an offer, waiting, having our offer accepted, waiting for an inspection, having the inspection, adjusting our offer, waiting, having our adjusted offer accepted -- so many unknowns and hoops to jump through! But I think we are through the last of the hoops, now, with the exception of closing. Yesterday we told our landlord that we'll be moving.

Suddenly it is so real. We will be living in our hose in less than a month!

More to come soon.

Diving In

Since my last post, SB and I decided to take the plunge into homeownership. Within the last few weeks we crunched the numbers and were pre-approved with a lender. Today we meet our realtor for the first time. Yesterday we had our first minor home-buying heartbreak - we saw a dreamy new listing in our price range, went to the open house, and when we walked in the door found that there were already multiple offers on the house - 20 minutes into the first showing. It is an extremely competitive market, especially in our price range, so it is an exciting and also stressful time for us. Keep your fingers crossed!