Strategies for reviewing home offers, including price and terms, contingencies, closing-cost credits, counteroffers, and comparing competing offers before deciding how to respond.
An offer can change considerably between the moment it arrives and the moment a seller is ready to accept it. Counteroffers, revised deadlines, financing terms, appraisal provisions, and other negotiated…
Learning how to compare a higher offer with better terms requires looking beyond the purchase price. A higher offer may provide more money if it closes as written, while another…
An appraisal contingency can affect how certain a seller should feel about an accepted price. When learning how to evaluate an appraisal contingency when selling, the key is not simply…
A buyer can offer an attractive purchase price and still ask the seller to contribute money toward the buyer’s closing costs. Understanding how to respond to a buyer asking for…
A strong purchase price does not tell a seller everything about the strength of an offer. Learning how to evaluate contingencies in a home offer can help San Diego County…
The purchase price is usually the first number a home seller notices when an offer arrives. It is important, but it does not tell the seller everything about the proposed…
A buyer’s offer does not always arrive with the price and terms a seller hoped to receive. The offer may be close enough to consider, but still contain something the…
Receiving an offer below the asking price can be disappointing, especially when a home has just reached the market or the seller expected stronger buyer interest. But the difference between…
Receiving more than one offer can put a home seller in a strong position, but it can also make the decision more complicated. For San Diego County homeowners, understanding how…
