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Home seller concessions reach pre-pandemic levels

Housing Wire

In Q3 of 2022 and Q4 of 2021, sellers gave concessions in 30% of home sales. In Q4 of 2022, 22% of Redfin’s home sales included a concession and lower listing price, while 19% included both a concession and a listing-price cut while the home was on the market. Pandemic boomtowns see a rise in concessions.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

For real estate professionals, this option presents an opportunity to capture more sales. The HECM for Purchase is not a refinancing tool; it is not akin to a Home Equity Line of Credit ( HELOC ). Recently, Interested Party Contributions (or seller concessions) have been allowed with HECM for Purchase loans.

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Rocket launches program to lower first-year mortgage payments

Housing Wire

For Rocket Pro TPO, home sellers or real estate agents will be funding the program, similar to a buydown program rival United Wholesale Mortgage launched last month. UWM announced that its temporary rate buydowns – fueled by seller concessions – would reduce borrowers’ interest rates by up to 2% for the first two years of a mortgage.

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Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? 

Housing Wire

During the second-quarter earnings season, executives from publicly traded mortgage lenders detailed their forays into jumbo loans, non-qualified mortgages, reverse mortgages, home equity products and even personal loans. It comes at a time in which the housing market favors buyers and seller concessions become more frequent.

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A top agent’s take on 2023 housing trends

Real Trends

If the interest rates do drop and get closer to 5%, agents can expect a mini-boom in which the low rates will re-inspire housing demand significantly and boost overall sales. There will be less price negotiation, more rate buy-downs and more seller concessions.

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Your Dream Home Appraised Lower than Your Offer: Now What?

HomeLight

When the appraisal comes in lower than your offer price, it’s either an opportunity for you to renegotiate the sales price with the seller — or it’s going to completely derail your home sale, and you’ll have to start over again. If they are unwilling to budge on price, you can also renegotiate seller concessions.

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Can You Sell a Home in Foreclosure? Why Time Is of the Essence

HomeLight

From there, it can be two to three months to the scheduled sale of your property if you take no action to square up with the mortgage company, HUD’s guidelines note. Don’t let any stigma keep you from making wise financial decisions about the sale of your home. This pre-foreclosure period is actually the best time to sell.