first contact a local agent and determine if you are able to at least break even on selling your current home. If so, have agent do some research and determine possible sale price and estimated DOM.

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There's also the opportunity cost to consider. Perhaps you are losing money on your current home but you may be able to get a bigger home at a great price compared to a few years ago.

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Find out how much your current home is likely to sell for, to bridge the gap between when you buy your new home and sell your old one.

Many sellers will not accept a contingent on sale contract in this market. Do you have a place you can stay if you sell your home first and cannot find another home quickly enough?

If you try to find a home first, you run the risk of the seller not accepting your COS contract or being bumped if they do. I'd rather sell first and once I got an accepted contract I'd probably start looking since a Contingent on Close contract is more acceptable to sellers.

However, I'm seeing pre-approved buyers getting turned down by PMI companies and other crazy stuff so it ain't closed until it closes and can create a bad domino effect.

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