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How to Buy Before Selling Your Current Home

Illustration of a couple carrying a moving box and houseplant toward their new Durham home while their former bungalow, marked with a Real Estate by Design for-sale sign, remains visible in the distance behind them.

Buying a new home before your current one sells can mean a more direct move and less coordinating around your own sale, but it also comes with real financial exposure most homeowners haven’t fully priced out. This week’s Advice by Design looks at what it actually takes to buy first responsibly, from accessing your current equity to budgeting for the stretch where you might own two homes at once.