Inside the Blue, Sept. 2019

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Across
  1. 4. Buyer’s bid
  2. 7. 670 is good, 740 is better
  3. 9. Weekend looky-loo event
  4. 11. Seller’s reply to buyer’s bid
  5. 14. Eager house lister
  6. 15. Huge property, or what you leave behind
  7. 16. Up-front cash; 20% nixes PMI
  8. 18. Home’s mechanicals, minus plumbing
  9. 19. Conditions of sale, waived in tight market
  10. 20. List of listings
  11. 21. Bank-owned property
  12. 22. A really BIG mortgage
  13. 23. 3%, 5.75%, 18% … it varies
Down
  1. 1. Third-party money
  2. 2. Multiple-offer frenzy
  3. 3. Good-faith deposit, 1% to 2%
  4. 5. Sweat-equity home
  5. 6. Home’s street chic
  6. 8. Seller might pay these
  7. 10. Eager house hunter
  8. 12. 30-year obligation, sometimes 15 years
  9. 13. Price-hike clause, or stair elevator
  10. 14. Zhooshing house to sell
  11. 17. Newlyweds’ first nest