You’ve found the perfect home, the seller accepted your offer, you are through the home inspection contingency and your loan documents are on the way to escrow.  What happens next? 

“You've survived house hunting and the bidding and negotiating on your new home, and now it's time to make it yours. But to do so, you have to sit down with various people, which may include the seller, your real estate agent, title and mortgage company officials and possibly your attorney at what's known in real estate lingo as the "closing table."

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Pierce County Statistics:

Homes for sale in Spanaway : Average Days on Market March 2014: 64. Down 36.6% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Tacoma : Average Days on Market March 2014: 76. Up 13.4% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Lakewood : Average Days on Market March 2014: 66. No change compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Fife : Average Days on Market March 2014: 72. Up 125% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Milton: Average Days on Market Foot March 2014: 115. Up 22.3% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Edgewood : Average Days on Market March 2014: 187. Up 297.9% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in University Place : Average Days on Market March 2014: 86. Up 36.5% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Fircrest : Average Days on Market March 2014: 96. Up 39.1% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Dupont : Average Days on Market March 2014: 24. Down 77.6% compared to the last month.

Homes for sale in Puyallup : Average Days on Market March 2014: 70. Down 10.3% compared to the last month.