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5 Things Homebuyers Need To Know When Making an Offer

Keeping Current Matters

According to the Realtors Confidence Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average home is on the market for just 17 days – that means from start to finish, a house for sale in today’s climate is active for roughly 2.5 Just remember, there are certain contingencies you don’t want to forego. Bottom Line.

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20% of Winning Home Offers Waived the Inspection Contingency in June, Up From 13% Last Year

Redfin

markets waived the inspection contingency, compared with just 13.2% Winning offers waived the appraisal contingency at a similar rate—20.6%—up The inspection contingency allows the buyer to cancel a purchase or request repairs if they find an issue during the inspection period. In June, 19.9% up from 17.4%

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Is a Home Sale Contingency Clause Always Necessary? Here Are Your Options

HomeLight

But one of the most influential bargaining tools is eliminating contingency clauses, especially the seller contingency clause, also known as the home sale contingency. What is a contingency clause? Let’s begin by looking at the “what” and “why” of contingency clauses. Source: (Masjid MABA / Unsplash).

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Tips to Help Buyers Successfully Navigate a Hot Real Estate Market

Realty Biz

Minimal or no contingency clauses. Contingencies are specific conditions that must be met before the sale can be completed. For example, a contingency could be that the house value must meet or exceed your offered price when appraised. If you follow tip 3 above, you don’t need to include this contingency in your offer.

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16 Tips to Win a Bidding War on a House

The Close

When you remove the possibility of your buyers backing out, you’re giving that seller peace of mind that your clients are in it to win it. Waive the Inspection Contingency Let me be clear—I am in no way suggesting that your buyers should not do a whole home inspection. In fact, I suggest quite the opposite.

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Reality Check: 9 Things to Expect When Selling Your Home

HomeLight

The home sale process involves a long list of steps, and your execution of each impacts your final sale price. As with most things in life, preparation is the key to a successful home sale. With 24 years of experience under his belt, Thompson shared a few gems about navigating the home sale journey. Landscaping: 100 %.

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Survey: Almost Half of Recent Homebuyers Made an Offer Sight-Unseen, the Highest Share on Record

Redfin

More than half of Redfin offers faced bidding wars last month as the number of homes for sale continued to shrink and mortgage rates dropped to a record low, making it all the more advantageous for house hunters to get their offers in ASAP—sometimes before seeing the home in person. . Sight-unseen offers can also pose risks to sellers.