Two homes side by side at dusk — sold-and-bought sequence

Gastonia, NC · Closed · 2025

Sold the old house. Bought the new one. Both sides, same agent, same year.

A coordinated sell-and-buy across Gaston County — maximum value on the listing, a strong number on the purchase.

Represented both sides

01 · Challenge

Sell-and-buy in the same year is one of the harder shapes a transaction can take. The math matters: list too high and the old house lingers; list too low and you under-fund the down payment on the new one. Time the offers wrong and you end up either double-mortgaged or homeless. Either side handled poorly costs the family thousands.

02 · Approach

We sequenced everything. The listing CMA went out first, with a price that reflected the actual market — not the wishful one — so we wouldn’t carry it past two weekends. While the listing was active, we ran a parallel buyer search on the next house with a financing structure that didn’t depend on the sale closing first. Every contract deadline got reviewed twice. Nothing slipped through.

03 · Outcome

Both transactions closed on terms that protected the family’s bottom line. The listing got the value it was supposed to and the new house was secured at a number that made sense. No double-month of mortgage. No rental gap. Same agent on both sides meant nothing got lost in handoff.

In their own words

“Christy was an absolute pleasure to work with during both the sale of our old home and the purchase of our new one. Her attention to detail at every step of the process was remarkable — from thoroughly explaining contracts to ensuring no deadline or paperwork was overlooked. Her market knowledge and negotiation skills secured us a great deal on our new home while maximizing the value of our old one.”

— A sell-and-buy client · Gastonia, NC · via Zillow · Source

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