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What to expect when buying a home

Buying a home — whether it’s your first or your fifteenth — is an exciting and often stressful experience. Your home represents everything from an investment and a means to build wealth, to the place you spend your happiest times and where you can find peace at the end of a long day. To help you find that perfect home, we remove the biggest obstacle to success: stress. By keeping you well-informed and supported through the process, you can think clearly and make the best decisions for yourselves.

Why Choose The Caroline Dinsmore Group?

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Micro-neighborhood Expertise
Each agent on our team was born and raised on the Peninsula has helped our clients sell and purchase hundreds of homes here. We have block-by-block, neighborhood-by-neighborhood knowledge that we’ll put to work, allowing us to present the most compelling offer in this competitive market.
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Powerful Network
As well-connected real estate agents, we use our powerful local and global network to help you find the right home, often even before any open house. Other agents know us and our reputation for clean deals and smooth transactions. These agents want to work with us, which gives our clients a definite edge in competitive offer situations.
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Advocacy and Education
Advocacy and Education We work to get you the best price possible. We use our local and national network to find every possible option for our buyers. We assess the local market while taking into consideration macro-economic and geo-political trends. We analyze the most relevant data. We take into consideration the competition or lack thereof. We leverage our reputation and relationships with other agent, all to help you make the most compelling offer.

Neighborhoods

  • San Mateo
  • San Carlos
  • Redwood Shores
  • Redwood City
  • Belmont
  • Hillsborough
  • Menlo Park
  • Burlingame
  • Woodside
  • Foster City
  • San Mateo

    Explore San Mateo

    Stroll through downtown and prepare to be dazzled by all of the restaurant choices, enough to make unnecessary the long drive or train ride north.

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  • San Carlos

    Explore San Carlos

    Each year the street closes October 31; each December, visitors come from hours away to see the holiday lights.

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  • Redwood Shores

    Explore Redwood Shores

    Redwood Shores is an affluent community with well-planned developments and beautiful waterways throughout the area.

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  • Redwood City

    Explore Redwood City

    It has historic neighborhoods, urban neighborhoods, suburban neighborhoods and neighborhoods that seem miles from the nearest freeway.

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  • Belmont

    Explore Belmont

    The founders of Belmont, California tried to build their city in the flatlands but the allure of the hills was too great.

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  • Hillsborough

    Explore Hillsborough

    Hillsborough is a perfumed town in Peninsula, known for its rural atmosphere, excellent schools, and strong community.

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  • Menlo Park

    Explore Menlo Park

    Menlo Park is one of the Bay Area’s most desirable cities, consisting of 16 separate districts with a Silicon Valley-friendly location.

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  • Burlingame

    Explore Burlingame

    Burlingame is a charming city in San Mateo County, known as the "City of Trees" with two downtowns and highly-rated schools.

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  • Woodside

    Explore Woodside

    Today, Woodside enjoys a reputation as one of the most affluent communities in the United States. It’s held onto its rural roots.

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  • Foster City

    Explore Foster City

    Foster City is a master-planned community in San Mateo County, known for its lagoons, parks, and family-friendly environment.

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Steps to success timeline

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Preliminary Phone Call
Preliminary Phone Call Many of our clients reach out to us after reading our stellar client reviews online such as Yelp. We will discuss your home search goals at a high level and will then schedule an initial consultation.
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Initial Consultation
The initial consultation typically takes about 90 minutes. We spend a large portion of the time getting to know each other, discussing your goals and what your dream home looks like. It’s very important to us to spend time with you educating you on the home buying process, what to expect as well as review many of the legal documents that you will be reviewing during your home search so that you go into your home search with your eyes wide open.
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Next Steps
After our consultation, we’ll tour the areas you’re interested in, narrow down your options, and focus on the homes you love. Once we find the right home, we’ll review disclosures, evaluate the property, and strategize the best offer. From contract to closing, we’ll manage every detail for a smooth escrow. Even after you get the keys, we’ll continue to be your trusted real estate resource for life.

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