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No one really wants to live in temporary housing in between selling one home and buying another. Fortunately, the McCann family in Pinole, California, found a solution. Here’s how HomeLight Trade-In allowed them to buy a new home before selling their existing home and avoid needing a temporary rental.

Real estate has changed. How you do business has changed. But on this week's Walkthrough™, host Matt McGee says there are plenty of constants all around you. From accountability to marketing, to setting expectations and how you treat other agents, here are 20 real estate truths that have stood the test of time.

When a Denver family needed help upsizing, they ended up on a waiting list. Then they discovered HomeLight Trade-In. After a quick approval and a couple weeks of looking for a new home, they bought it without having to bid over the asking price and then got money back when their condo sold.

It’s incredibly rare in today’s real estate market to buy a house for less than the asking price, especially going against eight other offers above the asking price. But thanks to the powerful combination of HomeLight Trade-In and Cash Offer, a San Antonio family recently did exactly that.

In today’s real estate market, many buyers write multiple offers on several homes before they go under contract. But in Sacramento, HomeLight Cash Offer recently helped one couple buy their first home together on the first offer they wrote.

When a big home with a big tax bill became too much, Alice Coleman knew it was time to downsize her Katy, Texas, home. Here’s how she and her real estate agent found relief thanks to HomeLight Trade-In.

Her client didn’t have the highest offer, but he did have cash and no contingencies. Denver real estate agent Carolyn Gdowski tells the story of how HomeLight Cash Offer helped her client compete and win against higher offers.

As teachers with a growing family in Sonoma County, the Castros were “overwhelmed” at the thought of buying and selling a home at the same time. Their agent had a solution: HomeLight Trade-In. It let them buy a new home without a sales contingency and sell their old home after the move.

When real estate agent Chelsea Shang went a full year of getting beat out by other buyers as she tried to buy a new home for her family, she turned to HomeLight Cash Offer and it made all the difference. Her first offer was accepted, even though it wasn’t the highest. Here’s their story.

In today’s real estate market, many people who have to buy and sell at the same time are lucky to come out financially even. But thanks to HomeLight Trade-In, the Riveras recently saved about $100K on their new home in Morgan Hill, then sold their previous home for $175K above asking.