It is a little more real

For the past two months we have spent WAY too much time on Redfin looking at houses.  Being in Ireland and having no way of "looking" at homes till last week, it was our lifeline in starting to determine what we wanted out of a house. 

Since Redfin aggregates home listing, using the MLS as its database source, it is the best way for the average home buyer to see basically everything that real estate agents can see. (including the $36 million property on Mercer Island overlooking Lake Washington!)

Needless to say Redfin has been a daily obsession seeing what is new on the market, what prices are changed, and if the status of the house has changed from being "active" to "Subject to Inspection" - basically this means the house is under contract and unless something extraordinary happens, it if off the market.

Well, just in the past few hours our house went "subject to inspection" - YAY!!!!!  One more sign we are on the way there! :)