On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:19:55 -0700, KS <kd***ton1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Jun 28, 10:44 am, Alan Brand <alan.brandATs...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:07:35 -0700, KS <kd***t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >On Jun 27, 2:46 pm, Anen <anne.ma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> Quoth KS:
>>
>> >> >How long does escrow take up there?
>>
>> >> I have no idea. What's escrow? I've never understood the term.
>>
>> >It's the time between now and the closing date(s). And all the
>> >confusing paperwork stuff in between that.
>>
>> I'm not really sure, but I think that escrow is a particulary USian
>> thing - if our real estate procedures differ as much from those in the
>> US as they do compared to the UK we might as well be talking different
>> languages. Not acc*nts. Has anyone in here had experience with all
>> three systems?
>
>
>Our first escrow took 90 days - that was in the '80's. I felt like
>going into a mental unit afterwards. But then I've heard the same from
>the UK.
Yesbut - in the uk (in my day at least) you don't actually exchange
formal contracts at the initial agreement - anyone can come along and
better your offer until the last minute - "gazumping" - in my
experience in Canadia the contract is made up subject to whatever
conditions you might like to include (and get accepted) and these
conditions are signed off as met - e.g. survey, sale of current home.
This makes it hard for the sale to fall apart as all the conditions
are spelled out and agreed and it is very expensive to renege on a
contract to accept a better offer.
>> >> Unless something goes horribly wrong, closing date will be July 31.
>>
>> >We moved a year ago (July 11th) and I still have some boxes I never
>> >unpacked. It doesn't seem we need them, so maybe we should put them in
>> >the attic so I don't have to dust them off.
>>
>> In my younger days, when I moved more frequently, I had a do not move
>> twice rule and threw out any unpacked boxes prior to packing for the
>> next move.
>
>It's hard to part with things that have good memories- even if I don't
>use them.
I've got an old girlfriend that I feel that way about ... not that I
keep her in a box in the attic.
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AlanB, off for a lunchtime OTP girl
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