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Coordinate a purchase and sale: planning calendar

Work backward from your target move date, then replace suggested preparation dates with the dates in your signed agreements.

Map the dependencies before choosing dates

Identify which purchase funds come from your sale, whether financing can support overlap, and when possession occurs in each agreement. Closing, funding, recording and receiving keys can be separate events. Do not schedule an irreversible move solely from a verbal target.

Build a fallback for the fragile link

Ask what happens if the buyer of your current home is delayed, the new property is unfinished or a wire arrives late. Record temporary housing, storage and extension options with their costs. The calendar below creates discussion milestones 60, 30, 14 and 7 days before your target; they are not required contract deadlines.

Build your planning calendar

These suggested preparation dates are not contract or legal deadlines. Confirm actual dates with the people handling your move.

Choose a target date.

Sources & further reading

  1. CFPB determine a comfortable home budget checked 2026-09-26

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