property series: what to expect in the house buying process (with guest John Pidgeon)

In this episode John Pidgeon explains step-by-step what to expect from the house buying process, touching on:

👉getting finance - how useful mortgage brokers are

👉🏿what pre-approval means and the documents they'll need from you in order to get it

👉🏽how you start making offers on properties once you get pre-approval

👉🏻the checks you'll want to do before locking in a house

👉🏼what a cooling off period is and what you can do during that time

👉🏾what settlement is - how many days it is, some of the things you'll do, and some of the things your conveyancer and finance team will sort

👉🏻how important it is to have a solid team supporting you - a mortgage broker and conveyancer (and the areas they'll look after)

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