My first closing of the year: for these special 1st-time home buyers, it was POSSIBLE
On January 8th, my Buyers, Kas and Corey, closed on their beautiful and darling home in Tulsa’s Brookside area. They are indeed, first-time home buyers.
In addition to being long-time personal friends, Kas and Corey’s darling daughter Zoe is our Goddaughter. So, while we’re not blood-relations, we are definitely “family.”
Kas and Corey are quite typical parents wanting the best for their daughter – giving up much to afford school, piano lessons, camps and such. Home ownership was a dream that seemed so out of reach, if not impossible.
But it was possible. It was possible because of the stimulus package. It was possible because of the current low interest rates. It was possible because a local lender, Bank of Oklahoma, chose to be more flexible than the larger, national banks. It was possible because Bank of Oklahoma offers free appraisals to employees of our locally-owned grocery, Reasor’s, who is Corey’s employer. It was possible because of family and our community.
Yesterday was a great day for our family. Kas teared up at closing because she couldn’t believe it was really happening. As she and Corey signed their names on document after document, it finally sunk in that “yes, we ARE really buying our OWN home.”
So, we popped some champagne last night after closing while Zoe finished her piano lesson. I doubt they were deterred at all by the light snow fall we received this morning as they packed their belongings and furniture into the moving truck. “Snow? Did it snow?”
My first closing of the year: for these special 1st-time home buyers, it was POSSIBLE
I can’t remember experiencing a better closing and am grateful to start out 2010 with this particular closing. My heart-felt appreciation to all who made this POSSIBLE.
Lori Cain is a residential Realtor with Chinowth & Cohen Realtors serving the greater Tulsa Oklahoma area, including midtown Tulsa, Owasso, Broken Arrow, Bixby, Sand Springs and Jenks. Please visit Lori’s web site, LoriCain.com or call 918-852-5036.
