Downtown Loft Buyers Save Time and Money by Knowing Purchase Price Ahead of Time

Downtown Loft Buyers Save Time and Money by Knowing Purchase Price Range Ahead of Time

Buyer's Agent and Pre-approval are First Two Keys to Loft Purchase
Buyer’s Agent and Pre-approval are First Two Keys to Loft Purchase

A recent buyer failed to close escrow on a home and lost $5,000 of his deposit because he did not know how much money he had.  Buyers will always save time, money and find the perfect loft faster and easier when they know in advance exactly how much home they can afford.  More than half of buyers begin their search online without a buyer’s agent and without a lender pre-approval.  These potential buyers are worse than flying blind because, not only might they have an inaccurate estimation of the target purchase price, but they are likely seeing outdated listings online with incorrect pricing that give the wrong picture of the current market.  Buyer’s agents and lender pre-approvals are the first two keys for entering a successful path to buying an amazing loft.

Happy Buyer Gets Special Deal
Happy Buyer Gets Special Deal on an Amazing Loft
Outdated online listings that were posted more than 6 months ago can be off by well over $100,000 from today’s market.  Buyers must use a Downtown specialist Realtor to get up-to-the-minute pricing on Downtown properties.  Popular third party websites such as Trulia are very helpful by showing loft and building information, but the information is on average more than 36 days older than the priority information provided by the top buyer’s agent team in Downtown Los Angeles.  It usually takes more than 30 days for the agreed sale prices to be listed on the MLS.  And now, The MLS recently announced an additional 3-day delay in releasing new MLS listings to third party websites.  Smart buyers take advantage of priority information provided free by a Downtown specialist Realtor who has privileged access to unlisted properties and unpublished pricing information on lofts that sold yesterday.

Industrial and commercial lofts usually require a loft lender
Industrial and commercial lofts usually require a loft lender

One of the biggest disasters is commonly suffered by buyers with no agent, the wrong agent or wrong lender.  These unfortunate buyers either fail completely, or have a clumsy, uncomfortable process that, if it even succeeds in landing a property in escrow, the escrow fails when the wrong lender makes a shocking phone call to the buyer to announce that the lender cannot lend on a loft.  The phone calls sounds something like, “of course we cannot do a loan on an industrial or commercial property; we are a home loan company and we just found out that this is not a residential property.”  The buyer then either loses the property, which falls out of escrow, or the buyer is asked to pay expensive per-diem fees while hoping that another lender might be able to lend on an industrial loft.  By using a Downtown specialist Realtor who would refer a the right loft lender for the building, this disaster would have been prevented.  With a Downtown specialist buyer’s agent and a pre-approval from a loft lender, the buyer can go straight to the best matches and potentially get the perfect loft on the very first try.  Ideally, the successful buyer goes into escrow with the right loft right away, and the buyer’s agent shows comparable lofts for sale simply to provide confirm that the buyer found the best deal; the agent shows the buyer several additional lofts to provide extra assurance that the buyer already found the most amazing loft that is the best match for the buyer.

Nearly half of Downtown lofts purchased are UNLISTED
Nearly half of Downtown lofts purchased are UNLISTED

More than half of Downtown loft seekers waste time by looking at the wrong properties, unavailable properties and properties in the wrong price range.  Taking more than an hour for each average wrong property, some buyers who would normally otherwise be successful find themselves burned out on seeing wrong properties, while the buyer with a Downtown specialist receives the best matches by email as soon as the properties are listed.  The buyer with the best agent saves time by seeing the right property at the right price.  Do not miss out on the right property.  Click below to get free help from the #1 Downtown buyer’s agent team, receive priority information, and get access to the largest number of pocket listings and unlisted properties.

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16 Most Important Steps in the Loft Buying Process

16 Most Important Steps in the Loft Buying Process

alta-lofts-balcony-penthouse-buyerTo get the best deal on a Downtown loft or condo, it pays for prospective buyers to be prepared to take advantage of opportunities.  One of the most common mistakes that would-be Downtowners make is to find the perfect loft before hiring a Downtown specialist Realtor.  The a future urbanite finds an amazing loft, and then it takes several days to place an offer.  The amazing loft is most likely already taken by that time by another buyer who finds it equally desirable.  The steps may be slightly different for NEW LOFTS.

Here are the basic steps before, during and after the condo buying process.

1. Representation Agreement with buyer’s broker
2. Send pre-approval and proof-of-funds to broker
3. See properties in price range
4. Request comps for desirable properties – sold price of similar properties
5. Place Offer – Requires pre-approval, proof of funds and earnest money deposit (place offer on first day of listing if possible)
6. Negotiate with seller
7. Escrow Begins – Wire transfer earnest money deposit
8. Physical Inspection (first, smoke detector and carbon monoxide detectors installed)
9. Disclosures and other paperwork – Read HOA documents
10. Ensure funds are available
11. Sign off contingencies (usually 17 days after beginning of escrow. Places deposit at risk. Do not remove contingencies until funds are available.)
12. Order fire insurance etc
13. Make payment
14. Closing and recording notification from escrow
15. Get key to property
16. Order utilities

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Happy Buyers in New Lofts
Happy Buyers in Downtown Lofts

Place your highest and best offer on the very first day of a listing. Prices and terms are negotiable. You may ask the seller to pay some of your expenses such as closing costs. If you ask for too much, you may lose to another offer.

Most purchases entail delays and unexpected miscellaneous expenses. Some transactions fail after incurring expenses for the prospective buyer. Some borrowers are unable to obtain financing.

Delays are common. Be sure to allow plenty of extra time for moving, and extra money for unanticipated costs.

Ensure that the seller has installed a carbon monoxide detector before the inspections.

HOA move in fee, move out fee and HOA move in security deposit are often required; ask HOA for details. A move in appointment and information form is required by most HOAs.

Electricity may be turned off before or right after your purchase. Contact the HOA well in advance to make move in arrangements.

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