{"id":4619,"date":"2025-06-06T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2025-06-06T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T19:30:02","slug":"why-do-you-need-a-pre-approval-before-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/06\/why-do-you-need-a-pre-approval-before-buying\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Need A Pre-Approval Before Buying?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever wondered why real estate agents want you to have a pre-approval before looking at homes?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s because we want you to avoid house heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you find the perfect home, but aren\u2019t pre-approved, chances are that the seller won\u2019t consider your offer. It\u2019s risky for them to move forward with a buyer without secure financing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of that, a pre-approval has super important information for you as a buyer. You need a pre-approval to know how much of a mortgage you can afford.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t want to be surprised by how much\u2013or how little\u2013you qualify for when you\u2019ve already put an offer in on a house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting pre-approved before looking at houses saves you time, energy, and a lot of frustration. It\u2019s worth the little bit of extra work to get pre-approved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to know which lenders in our area are great for pre-approvals? Just send me a DM and I\u2019ll give you my list of trusted lenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered why real estate agents want you to have a pre-approval before looking at homes? It\u2019s because we want you to avoid house heartbreak. If you find the perfect home, but aren\u2019t pre-approved, chances are that the seller won\u2019t consider your offer. It\u2019s risky for them to move forward with a buyer without secure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernskyrealty.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}