Buy Before You Sell Equity Unlock Amount Calculator

HomeLight Buy Before You Sell is a powerful program designed for talented agents like you. Using the Buy Before You Sell Equity Unlock Amount Calculator will help you and your clients understand the portion of equity they can unlock from their current homes to put towards the purchase of their next home.

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How it works

You can now be fully prepared for your client pitch with the Buy Before You Sell Equity Unlock Amount Calculator. Simply enter key pieces of information about your client's property and the the calculator will provide you with an immediate estimated range of the equity your client can unlock.

The calculator takes into account the following assumptions: 

  • Agent fee
  • Estimated closing cost 
  • Estimated Mortgage Balance 
  • Buy Before You Sell fee

This range is meant to be a guide/estimate of the equity unlock amount based off of your input and our system's initial review of the property. 

Please note that this feature requires you to have a profile with HomeLight. To start your profile, click here.

 

How to get started

  1. Log into the HomeLight Agent Portal on your desktop or the HomeLight Mobile App.
  2. Navigate to the Buy Before You Sell Resources on the right-hand side of the page
  3. Click on Buy Before You Sell Equity Unlock Amount Calculator link  
  4. Enter your client's property information into the calculator 
  5. Download your report. You're ready to use the estimated Equity Unlock Amount in your client pitch