03/27/2026
Sell first or buy first.
Every agent has an opinion. Most of them give you the same one regardless of your situation — sell first, it's safer — and move on.
The real question isn't which order feels safer. It's which side of your specific move carries more ex*****on risk. That's what you solve for first. Everything else follows from that.
If your condo is in a building with competing supply and buyers hesitating, selling first isn't conservative — it's essential. If you're hunting in Leslieville or Roncesvalles where a good semi goes in a week, buying first might be the only move that actually works.
The market right now gives you more room than you had in 2021. 54 average days on market means a sell-then-buy sequence is genuinely executable. But the condo segment is soft, conditions are back, and the gap between a well-planned move and a reactive one is wider than most people realize.
I broke down the full framework — including when bridge financing makes sense, how to use closing date flexibility, and how to think about both sides at once — in the new post. Link in bio.
