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Buyer's Guide

From searching for a home, making offers to preparing for closing day, this guide includes everything you need to know about your home purchase journey.

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Buy Your Next Home With Confidence

This Buyer's Guide from Zoocasa will empower you to make informed decisions throughout your home purchase journey.

We will guide you through an 8-step buying timeline from searching for a home to the day you get your keys. With 45 pages of information, insider tips, and examples here is about what you can expect.

1. Working With an Agent

Important questions to ask when interviewing potential real estate agents to identify their level of experience.

2. Financing Your Purchase

How to calculate your minimum down payment, why you should get a mortgage pre-approval, and factors influencing how much mortgage you can get.

3. Searching for a Home

Understand the differences between property types, freehold vs. condo ownership, and the characteristics that impact a home's value the most.

4. Negotiating an Offer

Learn what the most common conditions and clauses used when making an offer, including home inspections, financing and repairs.

5. Financial Due Diligence

Find out how much you need to provide for a deposit with a home offer, and key strategies to navigate (and win!) a stressful bidding war.

6. Property Due Diligence

Get a checklist of common items a home inspector reviews when assessing a house, and red flags to look for in a condo status certificate review.

7. Preparing for Closing

Calculate exactly how much cash you'll need at closing: down payment, mortgage insurance, legal fees, title insurance, land transfer tax and more.

8. What to Expect on Closing Day

What happens on closing day, and documents you'll need to sign today before you get the keys to your new home!

Why Trust Zoocasa?

Zoocasa is an award-winning Canadian brokerage that delivers an intelligent, end-to-end real estate experience.

We've helped over 3,000 clients buy or sell over $1.3 billion worth of properties in the last five years. Our satisfied clients have left us numerous 5-star reviews, earning us a rating of 4.8/5 stars on Google Reviews.

Our leadership in the real estate industry has also earned us awards like:

Financial Times: Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies

Globe and Mail: Top Growing Companies in Canada

Deloitte: Canada Technology Fast 50

At Zoocasa, our entire team is dedicated to empowering clients to make successful real estate decisions.

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