Monday, May 05, 2008

While it seems fast, we believe that God has opened the door for us to buy a house this summer when we sit down and look at the timing and options.

I called my credit union and it seems that we may qualify for more than we thought. Of course, that is just a quick quote based on basic info I gave to the lady on the phone and we are not going to try to max out that amount by any stretch. We know what we can and cannot afford in a monthly payment. But it will give us some wiggle room on what kind of house we can look at, including single family houses in addition to townhouses.

My credit union offers a full service program for members - they will find an agent and manage the mortgage approval process. So we’ve started the process and we’ll see what God does in the next couple of months.

Because one of the things that’s a huge factor is timing this move - our lease ends at the end of July. We are going to California for the last week of July. So we think we need to try to close-move before that trip and worry about the unpacking when we get back.

Yowzah.