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What Does Contingent Mean in Real Estate?

HomeLight

A property listed as “contingent” in real estate means the seller has accepted an offer, but the deal isn’t fully closed yet. The final sale hangs in the balance, waiting for certain conditions or “contingencies” to be met. If you refuse and you can’t come to an agreement, they’re free to walk away.

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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. How is the appraised value of the home determined? What is an appraisal gap?

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Multiple Offers on Your Home? 14 Concerns You Must Address with Your Realtor

First Team Real Estate

Here’s how to review details in a tidy, orderly manner so you can make sense of your home sale. In numerous cities, home buyer demand is up while inventory stays low– leaving house hunters fighting it out in multiple-offers scenarios and sellers attempting to browse everything. Certainty: How qualified is the purchaser?

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What Happens After Making an Offer on a House?

Windemere Buying

You can accept or reject the counteroffer or come back with a counteroffer of your own, which may continue for multiple rounds until the two parties reach an agreement. Other interested buyers will make backup offers in case the first offer falls through. Once the purchase agreement is signed, it becomes legally binding.

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How to Win a House Negotiation: 9 Expert Tactics for Home Sellers

HomeLight

Before you post the “for sale” sign in your front yard, it’s important to prepare yourself for a critical part of the home-selling process : negotiating with buyers. Here are nine expert house negotiation tactics to help you on your way to a successful sale. Making enough money off the sale to fund the downpayment on a new home.

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Anticipatory Breach: One Giant Grey Area!

Toronto Realty Blog

In that 2019 blog post, I explained what happens when a buyer, after signing a firm agreement of purchase and sale, doesn’t show up with the deposit the next day. The buyer of the house was an agent purchasing for her own family. This sale was signed, sealed, and delivered, so to speak.