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What Does Removing the Loan Contingency Mean for Homebuyers?

HomeLight

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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What Is a Mortgage Contingency? Purchase Offer Protection

HomeLight

Perhaps the biggest gear that needs to turn in your favor is the mortgage loan. A common worry among homebuyers is to find the perfect house, put down a deposit with an accepted offer, and then learn that your mortgage application is denied — you lose both the house and your earnest money. How does a mortgage contingency work?

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How Long Can a House Be Contingent?

HomeLight

Mortgage or financing contingency: This loan contingency stipulates that the buyer must secure financing from a bank or other financial institution. If the buyer cannot obtain a mortgage within the agreed timeframe, they can opt out of the purchase. How long can a house be contingent?

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What Do Cash Buyers Look for in Real Estate?

Realty Biz

This is someone who wants to buy a property with an all-cash bid, eliminating the need for a mortgage or other financing solution. Property sales often involve several contingencies , but cash buying can eliminate some, making things easier. For example, there's no need for a loan contingency (mortgage contingency).

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iBuyers Rebound as Power Buyers Rapidly Expand

RIS Media

The data show that consumers gained a huge advantage when working with a Power Buyer versus using a traditional mortgage with a loan contingency. Buyers using a mortgage needed to make offers on seven houses before winning the bid. Using a “Cash Offers” program, homebuyers averaged just 1.1

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zavvie Releases 2022 Seller Preferences Report

RIS Media

According to the report, consumers gained an advantage when working with a Power Buyer versus using a traditional mortgage with a loan contingency. Buyers using a mortgage needed to make offers on seven houses before winning an offer. Using a Cash Offers program, homebuyers averaged just 1.1

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How To Buy and Sell a Home at the Same Time—in Today’s Haywire, High-Interest Rate Housing Market

Realtor.com

Yet any homebuyer out there today will also face steep mortgage interest rates, which have more than doubled over the past year to the 7% range. Most sellers who move would need to get a new mortgage, at a higher rate. Can I handle the possibility of two mortgage payments—and if so, for how long? ® Chief Economist Danielle Hale.

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