Why a Home Search Could Save You Both Time and Money

You may be one of those dutiful people who do your home search on evenings or weekends, scrolling through Realtor.ca or other home sites to find that undiscovered dream home.

The advantage of your Realtor setting up a defined and unique home search for you is that it cuts out homes that don't meet your search criteria. Eliminating homes that are too small, don't have the land size or the numbers of bathrooms or don't meet your budget is a valuable time and money saver.

You may have been there before, where you go to an Open House to see what's inside a property in your budget only to find that key non-negotiables are missing.  When you're buying a home with your valuable savings, you know you're not going to throw it away on a home that doesn't, at the very least, meet the essentials. 

Another advantage of having a home search set up for you is the gift of time. You can take your time browsing the properties sent to you, checking out their location and even researching the surrounding area. If this is a potential property to look at, a quick call or message to your Realtor can let you see it as soon as possible.

Cutting down your search criteria to what you're specifically looking for means fewer unwanted properties to waste time on. This takes a whole lot of stress out of your home search. 

Best of all, the search comes to you.  You don't have to spend hours searching home sites to find a potential home. All the hard work is done, and you get to sit back and browse the listings sent to you. 

Being set up on a home search with your Realtor gives you the advantage of seeing what the homes and surrounding market are doing from almost an eagle-eye view.

You will be notified when a home is sold or the price decreases, which puts you at an advantage when regular online sites can take a lot longer to update their information.

Another huge advantage to being set up on a home search with your Realtor is you will be immediately notified when a house comes on the market. As well, when a home you may have been watching that had conditionally sold re-enters the market, you will receive a notification.

You can request a showing right from the search system, notifying your Realtor so that they can book a showing immediately. This gives you a chance to see a home before other buyers who are not set up on searches and before it hits the mainstream real estate platforms. This advantage could also save you money by being able to present a strong offer without other competitors in play.