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JANUARY 12, 2024

If you’ve been shopping for a home, you’ve likely come across the term “loan contingency,” and you may be considering including this clause in your purchase offer. Or perhaps you’ve already made a loan-contingent offer, and you’re wondering about contingency removal. What is a loan contingency?

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Here are some of the most common contingencies you might encounter: Home sale contingency: This allows the buyer a specified amount of time to sell their current home. Inspection contingency: This gives the buyer the right to have the property inspected within a certain timeframe.

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AUGUST 31, 2021

A cash offer simply means that a buyer already has the funds available to buy the house and can pay for it without securing a mortgage loan. From the seller’s point of view, it doesn’t make much difference whether the cash comes from the buyer’s personal bank account or from a mortgage loan. The inspection.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Inspection contingencies. Inspection contingencies mean that a buyer can get a home inspected before the deal goes through, and can back out of the purchase with earnest money intact, depending on what the inspector finds. Inspection contingencies can be waived. Appraisal contingencies.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

When reviewing an incoming offer, you’ll take into consideration the overall offer terms, such as: the buyer’s ability to qualify for a home loan. inspection and loan contingency time frames. Renegotiate with the buyer’s agent based on inspection findings. whether it makes sense counter to a higher purchase price.

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MARCH 23, 2022

But there’s a catch: Because you don’t typically have to provide any documentation, nothing is verified, and this loan amount isn’t guaranteed. Speaking of contingencies, Peterson says the fewer, the better. The lender then uses this information to give you an idea of what you could borrow and what your payments would look like.

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