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January Demo Day: The Trade-In Mortgage powered by Calque

Housing Wire

Win more deals with Calque by helping clients make non-contingent offers and qualify more easily. Our binding backup offer protects you and your client if the home doesn’t sell. Product Fast Facts #1 Calque is not a lender, and we never compete with our lending partners for purchase business. Get More Info

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4 Things Sellers Need to Know About Backup Offers

First Team Real Estate

According to the latest National Association of REALTORS® Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the typical home sold last year was on the market for just three weeks. of offers faced bidding wars. In that case, the home has to go back on the market, pushing your timeline out even further. What is a backup offer?

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How does the “buy before you sell” model differ from iBuyers and Power buyers?

Housing Wire

A majority of homeowners must sell their current home before they can qualify for a mortgage on their next home due to federal lending requirements around debt-to-income and down payments. Calque is SOC2 compliant and only collects data required to make a backup offer on your client’s current home.

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What Pennymac TPO’s rebrand means for the wholesale channel

Housing Wire

The mortgage industry is coming out of back-to-back amazing years, and while 2022 still holds great opportunity for the industry, it also signals a pivot point for market participants. The emotions and anxiety in the homebuying process are amplified in a market where housing supply is very tight. Let’s talk about purchase transactions.

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Can You Put an Offer on a House That’s Contingent?

RIS Media

Homes listed as contingent mean a home seller has accepted an offer on the house, and the sale is going through once a specific criterion (highlighted in the contract) is met. Homes that are listed as pending or sold are officially off the market. . Other factors can also put a home back on the market. These include; .

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Will a House With an Offer On It Be Removed From the MLS? Agents Explain How It Works

HomeLight

From the terms for different types of houses to the lingo associated with lending, there’s plenty of terminologies that can feel overwhelming for a buyer to keep up with. When [my team] lists properties, we actually encourage all of our clients to accept a backup offer,” says Cheperdak.

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Buyers Paying Over Asking Price? Get an Appraisal Gap Guarantee

HomeLight

If you’re selling your home in a hot market rampant with bidding wars that drive up the purchase offers on home sales, you may realize that your home is unlikely to appraise for the inflated purchase offer or even for your asking price. In this case, the buyer hopes that the new appraisal will come in closer to market value.