Keeping Current Matters

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

For the past few years, it’s been mostly a seller’s market. But dynamics are shifting as the number of homes for sale grows.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A 2-1 buydown can be paid for by the homebuyer or the home seller can pay for it as a seller concession. A 2-1 buydown as a seller concession can sometimes make it easier and faster for home sellers to sell their home for a good price. How does a 2/1 rate buydown work? What are the pros and cons?

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RIS Media

JANUARY 4, 2024

Seller credits, or concessions, are essential for buyers and sellers to understand. We will… The post What Are Seller Concessions in Real Estate? They are financial incentives homesellers offer buyers as part of the closing process. appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With the seller-paid version, seller concessions, which are closing costs the seller agrees to pay, are deposited as a lump sum into the buydown account. The temporarily lower rate is made possible by a lump sum that is deposited into a buydown account. Presented by: Flagstar. primary home purchases.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 15, 2024

Loan officers and mortgage executives expect home sellers and homebuyers to negotiate more aggressively on commission paid to buyer agents, potentially bringing costs down. We do not want to, as we already have a vehicle through the sellers’ concession. Assisting homebuyers and their agents adds more to an LO’s plate.

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Realty Biz

JUNE 22, 2021

What to Know About a Seller Concession. Many terms get bantered around in real estate that either a buyer or seller may not know the meaning of. One such term is seller’s concessions. It is not uncommon at all for a client to ask what are seller concessions. What is a seller concession?

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RIS Media

JULY 30, 2024

This allowed listing agents to input and advertise the concessions, and contributions to the buyer’s cost burden, that their seller is willing to make. There were three value fields: a simple “yes or no” indicating if… The post California Regional MLS Walks Back Seller Concessions Field appeared first on RISMedia.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 17, 2024

Recently, Interested Party Contributions (or seller concessions) have been allowed with HECM for Purchase loans. This is a huge boon for the program as seller concessions have not been allowed within the FHA-insured program since its inception.

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Inman

JULY 29, 2024

California Regional MLS will continue to allow agents to indicate whether sellers will consider concessions but will no longer have the option to specify a dollar amount or percentage.

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Housing Wire

JULY 18, 2024

The watchdog group also recommends that both the broker and the buyer should be able to terminate the agreement at any time without a fee; that buyers should not be required to go into mediation or arbitration if there is a dispute; and that any seller concessions should go to buyers, not brokers, to use how they see fit.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Real estate appraisers also rely on MLS data, including information about buyer broker compensation and seller concessions, in order to accurately appraise properties for homebuyers and lenders. But they aren’t the only housing professionals impacted by these changes.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

” In late July, the California Regional MLS (CRMLS) announced that it would be removing the seller concessions-in-price data field from its platform. The field allowed listing agents and brokers to note how much a seller was willing to contribute toward the buyer’s transaction costs, including the buyer broker fee.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

JUNE 7, 2021

The post Seller’s Concessions: What is a Seller Concession and How Do They Work appeared first on Massachusetts Real Estate Exposure. Buying a home can stretch your finances to the limit, with closing costs that could be as much as 5% of the purchase price. This can make purchasing the home […].

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RIS Media

MARCH 1, 2024

A new Bright MLS survey of 450-plus agents indicated that seller concessions have increased in the Mid-Atlantic housing market. Those interviewed consisted of agents who have worked with sellers in the past six months across the Bright footprint.

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Realtor.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

One type of incentive that buyers—and sellers—can use is called seller concessions. Seller concessions occur when a seller agrees to cover the cost of things the buyer usually pays for, such as closing costs , title searches, property appraisals, and other fees. How do seller concessions work?

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Broke Agent Media

MARCH 16, 2023

BAM Key Details: A new Redfin report shows over 45% of sellers giving concessions to incentivize buyers, with a record 13% of sales involving both price cuts and concessions. Pandemic boomtowns, led by Seattle, have seen the biggest increases in seller concessions, which are most common in Las Vegas at 51.6%

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Beyond that, Deephaven allows up to 3% seller concessions at closing. Also, DSCR five- to nine-unit loans are designed for larger multi-family homes. This loan type offers up to $2 million in financing. Both loan types allow all borrowers to invest using an LLC, granting access to tax benefits and other great things.

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Inman

MAY 29, 2024

The change allows listings in the California Regional Multiple Listing Service to display whether a homeseller is willing to offer concessions in price — including to cover broker fees.

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The Mortgage Report

JULY 31, 2020

A seller concession is an agreement where the home seller pays the buyer's closing costs. Learn how seller concessions work here.

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Real Estate News

APRIL 20, 2024

The Supreme Court passes on a chance to weigh in, objections pile up, and Fannie and Freddie say it’s all right to exclude commissions from seller concessions.

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Maximum Exposure Real Estate

JANUARY 4, 2023

The post Seller Concessions: What is a Seller Concession and How Do They Work appeared first on Maximum Real Estate Exposure. Buying a home can stretch your finances to the limit, with closing costs that could be as much as 5% of the purchase price. This can make […].

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Housing Wire

MARCH 13, 2024

The theory is further dependent on every seller returning to each site following the sale to accurately enter the final sales price AND all seller concessions. Here’s a fact: tax records are frequently inaccurate on the actual sales price, and they never account for seller concessions.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

CHLA appreciates Fannie Mae’s clarification today that seller payment of buyer realtor commissions will not be counted towards seller concession caps,” a spokesperson wrote in an email. The Community Home Lenders Association (CHLA) expressed support for the GSEs’ announcement.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Not helping FHA, VA borrowers get off the sidelines Under current FHA rules, sellers can contribute up to 6% in concessions to FHA borrowers to cover closing costs, prepaid expenses and discount points. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rules prohibit VA borrowers from paying real estate commissions.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 25, 2024

While this may be similar to how agents in some MLSs note that sellers are willing to provide concessions, Papasan made it clear that seller concessions and commissions are not the same thing. Seller concessions is money that is being given by the seller directly to the buyer,” Papasan said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 14, 2024

While Saphire can’t completely step away from discussions of buyer broker commissions, especially since he operates in MLS PIN, which did not opt into NAR’s settlement and is still allowing offers of cooperative compensation on its site, he is doing his best to make sure his sellers are fully in the driver’s seat when it comes to commissions.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Lenders, including United Wholesale Mortgage and Rocket Mortgage Pro TPO , launched temporary rate buydowns that allow borrowers to receive lower mortgage rates at the beginning of their loan terms by using seller concessions as part of the payment. Rocket launched a similar product in September.

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Housing Wire

MAY 30, 2024

Ahead of these changes, Bright MLS will introduce a new field for seller concessions on June 11. Agents will be able to indicate whether a seller offers concessions and specify the amount in dollars. This field is negotiable and not mandatory.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Ask for seller concessions to make up for the increased price. Change your closing date to a more convenient one for the seller. Your real estate agent can help if you decide to go this route. You can also: Offer to split the difference. Offer free lease-back, letting them stay in the home while they find their new place.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2024

Similarly, the seller agreement would state the services provided by the listing broker, their compensation and whether the listing broker is authorized to offer compensation to buyer brokers or advertise seller concessions to buyers.

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Housing Wire

MAY 14, 2024

More than 80% of recent buyers asked for at least one seller concession. The most frequently mentioned concessions were a lower asking price, funds to make repairs, and the ability to keep existing appliances or furniture.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 24, 2022

Last week, it launched temporary rate buydowns , allowing borrowers to receive lower mortgage rates at the beginning of their loan terms by using seller concessions as part of the payment. . The lender also announced that it has raised its VA jumbo loan limit from $2 million to $4 million, effective immediately.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

An originator can usually get a buyer into that home for less than $20,000 through a mixture of seller concessions and strategic financing. Imagine a first-time , low income or underserved buyer that is purchasing a $250,000 home.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2023

According to Redfin, San Diego and Phoenix are among the most popular markets for seller concessions. These concessions include offering buyers money for home repairs and mortgage-rate buydowns as homeowners continue to sell homes for below the asking price.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With the rising rates throughout 2022, and the pace of home sales slowing as a result, many lenders are providing seller concessions to encourage buyers to strike a deal. Buyers are often using that concession to reduce their mortgage payments during the first one to three years through a temporary buydown,” Johnson said.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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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Lighter Side of Real Estate

APRIL 29, 2025

What Is a Seller Concession? during the first quarter of 2025 included some form of seller concession. But what exactly is a seller concession? A concession refers to anything a seller provides to help reduce the buyers out-of-pocket costsnot including price drops or post-offer price negotiations.

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