
Buying a Home in a Hot Market
Following One Family Through Eighteen Months of House-Hunting in a City That Wouldn’t Let Them Catch Their BreathBy Daniel VossLength8h 35m
About this audiobook
A practical home-buying guide that follows one family through 18 months of bidding wars, rising mortgage rates, failed offers, and hard-earned lessons in Boston's competitive housing market. Drawing on real-world experience, veteran agent Daniel Voss explains inspection waivers, mortgage math, pre-approvals, pricing mistakes, agent selection, and the realities of homeownership after closing. Combining market insights with a compelling narrative, this book offers first-time buyers a realistic roadmap for navigating today's challenging real estate market.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length8 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Buying a Home in a Hot Market
16Newton Upper Falls, a Sunday in December
2The Phone Call That Started Everything
17The Inspection, the Appraisal, the Things You Cannot Control
3The Pre-Approval Letter That Wasn’t What They Thought
18Closing Day
4A Map of the Map
19The First Ninety Days
5The First Showing
20Spring, Taxes, and the First Bill You Didn’t Expect
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6Rates, Rates, Rates
21Six Months In: The Refinance Conversation
7Open Houses and the Theater of It
22Becoming Neighbors
8The Inspection Waiver Conversation
23What I Would Have Done Differently
9A Pause for the Money Question
24The Things They Don’t Tell You About Year Two
10The Lost Summer
25What I Want You To Take From This
11Two Almosts
26Houses We Almost Bought: A Field Guide
12The November Reset
27The Lender, the Inspector, the Attorney
13Thanksgiving, Rates, and the In-Laws
28Three Years In
14Three Houses in December
29Where Rates Go and Why It Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think 2 06 A Conversation About Whether to Buy at All
15The Saturday Phone Call
30Postscript: A Letter to the Next Buyer