Buying a home is a stressful and emotional affair. You can avoid the home buying blues by keeping your cool at closing.
I’ve just come from a settlement table at which a friend bought a new condo. It’s beautiful, convenient and just what she wanted. However, at the settlement table she and a relative whom she clearly loves got into a tiff with each other. What should have been a happy occasion was almost spoiled. Thank heavens they got themselves together and the situation was saved, but arguments and hurt feelings are frequent at settlement tables and on moving day. It doesn’t have to be that way.
The Trauma of Change
Changing one’s home is right up there with the big changes in life – birth, death, divorce, and retirement. Most of us recognize the trauma of the first three. Many of us recognize the need to prepare mentally and emotionally for retirement. Few of us realize how badly buying and moving into a new home frays our nerves and shortens our tempers. It can have serious consequences. I’ve seen deals blow up, and almost blow up, because of it. (Sometimes the protagonists are the buyer and...