🏗️ Buyer Action Playbook
New Construction vs Resale vs Short Sale
Answer 4 questions to get a 5-category property-type guide: the three types compared, new-home process and risks, resale cautions, short-sale special cases, and a decision matrix.
New builds, resales, and short sales are three different journeys: long timelines and upgrades for new homes; inspectable but competitive resales; and bank-approved, slow-paced short sales. Picking the wrong track costs you everywhere downstream.
- One table: time, price, risk across the three types
- New homes: registration, release, upgrades, financing
- Resales: inspection, permits, taxes, HOA
- Short sales: bank approval is the wildcard