We want to help in making the buying process as stress free & easy for you… below you will find the 11 steps in buying a home in Edmonton and area below.

Step 1: Find A Realtor In Edmonton Who Understands What You Want (& What You Really Need)

At YEGPro we put our clients first above anything else. We strive to provide the highest standards of service, set realistic parameters, and are helpful and transparent throughout the entire process. This is the largest transaction of your life and provide you with the information required for you to make the best decision for your future.

Step 2: First Time Buyer Or Do You Own Your Home In Edmonton?

If you are a first time buyer,the process is fairly straight forward. If you own a home, do you need to sell first? Understand the market value of your current home, your current mortgage contract, and overall finances. Speak to your bank or a mortgage broker about bridge financing, porting your mortgage, and other options that are available to you.

Step 3: Pre-Approval For Your New Edmonton & Area House Or Condo

Mortgages rules are constantly changing. Speaking to a professional is very important. We can provide trusted recommendations. They will help make sense of requirements for your mortgage, any time lines that are required for a downpayment (if it needs to sit in an account for “x” number of days), and what documents are required for pre-approval (pay stubs, employment history, any notice of assessments, etc), and anything else that may be required depending on your financial background.

Step 4: Deposit/Down Payment Preparation

It’s important to know the deposit, or down payment requirements and the timelines associated with each. We will help explain what these are and when they are due. Your job as our client, is making sure your down payment available for you. Your mortgage broker will help explain what is required for this, but typically there are a few different options of getting them ready. This should happen 1-3 months before looking at homes.

Step 8: Found It!

We have found the home you want to make an offer on. We will look up comparable homes for the area that recently sold and do additional research to come up with a fair offer price; once we have agreed on offer price we will write up a purchase agreement and negotiate the best terms and conditions to get you the home you want for the best price possible.

Step 9: Condition Period

During this time we work to satisfy our purchase conditions. We will assist in co-ordinating all of the condition(s) as per the Offer. The pending period is time sensitive – our goal is to work with you to make this step as seamless and stress free as possible.

Step 10: Condition Removal

When our condition period is up we have to make the decision, to either remove condition(s) making the home yours, or choose not to remove conditions and walk away from the purchase and continue looking.

Step 11: Keys Please

Congratulations! We look forward to meeting up with you on possession day. We try to get you keys as soon as possible. Vacant possession occurs, once the transfer of funds is complete. Typically this happens around no on, however, there are no guarantees. We will be in contact with immediately upon notification of key release. We are eager to get you your keys; there will be no delays within our control.

Some Extra Suggestions:

We strongly advise against booking utility hook ups and furniture delivery on possession day. The last thing we want is there to be delays and for you to incur any additional fees should we not get keys, early in the day. Try to give yourself a few days to move into/out of your homes. Obviously this doesn’t always happen and is sometimes not financially viable; it is something that will relieve some stress, as you transition to your new home.

For more information please give us a call at (780) 904-8859 or email us team@YEGProRealEstata.ca