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Opinion: More can be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

In fact, if you were to describe the home-buying experience solely upon the things we see in advertisements, the home-buying process would end with the sales contract, and all parties would merrily proceed directly to the handing over of the keys. It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle.

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Opinion: More should be done to shorten the average time to close

Housing Wire

In fact, if you were to describe the home buying experience solely upon the things we see in advertisements, the process would end with the sales contract and all parties would merrily proceed directly to the handing over of the keys. It doesn’t lend itself to a 24-hour cycle. There’s an entire industry built upon the “What’s next?”

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Smart Tools for Success: Top Apps for Real Estate Investors

Listing Spark

Once they located a property, they had to move through paper-based lending, title search, and closing processes that added weeks to the project. You can use this to predict costs before going officially under contract and to present figures to potential investor partners or lenders. Over time, things became more streamlined.