Buying
What a chain actually is, and why it breaks
A chain is a set of simultaneous transactions that must all complete on one day. Any link can stop it.
Buying
Offers, chains, timelines and the order the decisions actually arrive in.
2 articles · updated August 11, 2026
Buying
The order property decisions actually arrive in
Most buying guides start with viewings. The decisions that constrain everything else are made weeks earlier.