Edmonton Military Relocation

Yes you do. We are Edmonton’s top team of real estate agents with extensive experience in Military and RCMP transfers and relocations. We are BGRS Brookfield approved and one of their busiest service providers in the area. All four of us were born and raised in the Edmonton area and have years of experience with homes, condos, acreages and investment properties in Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, Morinville, Beaumont, Leduc, Sturgeon, Strathcona and Parkland.

We offer free phone or FaceTime consultations for military members. We can answer as many questions as you’d like on the phone or over FaceTime about your move to CFB Edmonton Garrison.

Yes. Yes. And yes. Far too many buyers come all the way to Edmonton for a house hunting trip just to find out that the agent that they selected lacks experience with military relocations or is simply a sub-par agent. A great way to find the best military Realtor in Edmonton by reading Edmonton Realtor Reviews.

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Your house hunting trip is an absolute priority for us. We do our very best to clear our schedules so that we are committed to you during your entire house hunting trip. We want to do everything we can to find you the right house for you and your family. Many agents that are not experienced with military transfers spend the first few days discussing house styles, neighbourhoods, booking showings and planning showing routes. Not with The Esposito Team! Your HHT time is limited, so we make sure that we are 100% prepared before you even get to Edmonton. We spend hours preparing and planning with you over phone or FaceTime weeks or even months in advance. The first two days are all about showings. Our goal is to find the perfect home for you and we won’t stop until we find it.

Before we even start discussing homes, neighbourhoods and amenities, we need to determine your budget. The first step to the whole process is to get a free pre-approval with one of our top mortgage specialists in Edmonton. Usually this can be done in under 20 minutes over the phone. We have specialists and mortgage brokers available at all major lenders. Many of our lenders and mortgage brokers even offer preferred rates and terms for military and RCMP members!

We will take you to as many homes as we need to find you the perfect home! Edmonton has been a balanced or buyers market for a few years, which means there are plenty of properties to choose from. Whether you need to look at 4 homes or 40 homes, we are here every step of the way.

We’re hopeful that by day three of your house hunting trip we’ve found your dream home. Most of our military & RCMP buyers begin the offer process by day three. This is where your Realtor really shines. Besides saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’ during negotiations, there is not a lot you have to do during this time. There may be dozens of phone calls going back and forth, but that’s why you’ve hired the best RCMP & Military Realtors in Edmonton to represent you! Once the offer is successfully negotiated and the contract is signed by both parties, the home goes into ‘pending’ status. This means that we as buyers normally have 5-10 days to do our due diligence on the home such as financing approval and home inspection. Having the home under contract in pending status also means that the home is secured under our names and that our offer cannot be bumped by another better offer during this period.

Two weeks before you arrive in Edmonton we suggest you pre-book your home inspection. We work with excellent BGRS approved home inspectors that take great care of our clients and will allow our clients to pre-book an inspection before we secure a home. We always prefer to have the inspection while you are physically present so you can ask the inspector as many questions you’d like in person. Sometimes we are unable to book the home inspection before you leave so we are happy to FaceTime or video call you during the inspection so you can still ask all of your questions directly to the home inspector and get detailed visual explanations. If all goes well, we recommend using the last two days of your trip to do things like look for schools, daycares, recreation activities or anything else you may need. We’re happy to help you with all of this!

The normal possession timeline is 30-60 days from the time of offer. But, as we like to say: everything is negotiable! If you don’t want possession for another 90 days, we can probably make that happen. If you need possession immediately, we can speed things up to 19 days or sometimes even quicker if the house is vacant. These details are part of the offer process and negotiation.

After an offer is accepted, the buyer must provide a deposit to be held in trust until possession. For most homes, this is usually $10,000-15,000. A deposit must be certified funds such as a bank draft. This amount is the first part of your down payment. For example, if your total down payment is $22,000 and you give a $10,000 deposit, then you’d only have to bring $12,000 to your lawyer for the remainder of the down payment later on. If the financing and inspection conditions go well, the deposit is forwarded to your lawyer to meet up with the rest of your down payment. If the conditions do not go well and we fail to waive conditions, the deposit is fully refundable. The seller's brokerage will send you the bank draft back and we can go find you another house immediately.

No. There is no need to meet with a lawyer in Edmonton during your house hunting trip. The real estate documents and mortgage documents will not be ready until a week or two before you take possession. The BGRS approved real estate lawyers that we work with will coordinate document signing with a local lawyer/notary where you live anywhere in Canada. You will have one real estate lawyer in Alberta to execute the transaction plus a second lawyer/notary where you currently live only to witness the signing of documents in person. We work with the best BGRS approved real estate lawyers in Edmonton and are happy to connect you with one of them.

Yes. The best Realtors in Edmonton have access to about 3x the amount of information that the general public does online. We also have years of experience in finding neighbourhoods that are great for military families. We can set you up on an email search as well to ensure that we don’t miss any new listings or price reductions.

Yes! Showhome salespeople work for the builder — not you! Far too often we see new home buyers get taken advantage of on crazy prices and failed promises. We’ve helped hundreds of families buy brand new homes from builders and have always negotiated better terms, upgrades and pricing for our buyers! There are plenty of new neighbourhoods near CFB Edmonton Garrison.

There are so many great communities that offer an amazing lifestyle for military families around CFB Edmonton Garrison. Some of our top choices for military families include: 

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For most people, the answer is yes. Few families can qualify to carry more than one mortgage at a time. However, it is very important that you speak with one of our Mortgage Professionals in depth about this. Coming on your house hunting trip with a home that is not sold can turn your Edmonton house hunting trip into a disaster.

Part of your IRP plan may allow you to be reimbursed for a specific percentage of the appraised value of your home. Some areas of Canada will not have this problem, but others will. This is something that has been put into place to ease the burden of military members moving on short notice or in markets that have declined.

Just like sellers have their own agent representation, you need a top buyers’ agent in your corner to fight for your best interests. Buyers in Alberta typically do not have to pay anything to their buyers' agent. The seller takes care of the fees for both agents.