Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

You know what you do, but how do you explain it in such a way that a buyer understands your value, the required agency forms and everything involved to make it to the closing table? Ultimately, every homebuyer prospect, every contract and every negotiation is different, but your value should be consistent for all situations and clients.

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Genworth MI Blog

AUGUST 31, 2022

The housing market has seen many changes over the past couple of years, some as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and some from the rapid changes in the economy. With an increasingly competitive market for buyers, many homebuyers have taken new steps to secure a successful offer.

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Raleigh Realty

JULY 31, 2022

Major Home Inspection Issues and How to Handle Repairs If your home inspection turns up any of these 7 major issues it could be time to negotiate some mandatory fixes with the seller before you proceed with purchasing the home. After a home inspection, issues are going to arise. Structural Issues 1. Plumbing 3.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 2, 2023

Home buyers are consumers. They have safeguards built in to written agreements such as a purchase contract on a home. These buyers also have the right to either add or omit some of those available rights when their real estate broker drafts an offer. FINANCING The financing contingency is critical for the buyer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The real estate market has shifted, and we are in a new housing paradigm. However, there are a number of attention-grabbing headlines, which unfortunately only compare today’s housing market to the very recent history of the last two years. However, in many areas of the country it does remain a seller’s market. Historically 2.5

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Movoto

APRIL 8, 2024

After submitting an offer on a home you plan to purchase, a few things might happen – once an offer is accepted (typically, after negotiations but not always), real estate sales agreements come into effect between buyers and sellers. In the case of an impasse, contingencies allow buyers to renegotiate or back out of the sale without penalty.

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The Robert Weiler Company

JANUARY 2, 2021

In real estate, buyers and sellers must be knowledgeable to make informed decisions. Are you familiar with a land contract in Ohio, as well as the state-specific requirements? What is a land contract in Ohio, really? Essentially, a land contract is an alternative financing option if you’re investing in: Farmland or raw land.

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Realtor

MAY 17, 2023

While it’s certainly true that you can let go of the anxiety of needing to show your home at any moment, you still need to cooperate with your buyer, the buyer’s agent, and the commitments made in the contract. Once the contract has been signed, a seller can’t renegotiate the price higher.

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D Fritz Appraisals

AUGUST 12, 2019

What’s the Difference Between a Home Inspection and a Home Appraisal? If you’re in the market for a new home, the terms “home appraisal” and “home inspection” are more than likely to come up at some point as you zero in on a property you want to buy. home appraisal – an often mandatory step the buyer’s lender insists on.

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Eppraisal

AUGUST 19, 2022

Home buyers almost always have a professional home inspection performed by a licensed inspection company when they purchase a home. However, it is not a bad idea for sellers to have a home inspection, or pre-listing home inspection, performed as well. This way, you will have fewer negotiations with your buyer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It’s true that first-time buyers make up a larger piece of a smaller pie, as housing inventory shrinks. However, this rise in first-time buyers helps explain what’s driving demand and keeping upward pressure on prices in a market with mortgage rates currently surpassing 7%. It never will be. I’ll explain later.)

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 1, 2022

A home inspection is almost always the best route to take before purchasing a property. In a competitive market, however, buyers recognize that submitting an offer with a request to conduct a traditional inspection can hurt their chances of winning a bidding war. Request an ‘information’ inspection with the offer.

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Hank Miller Team

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

There are significant differences between an appraisal and a home inspection, it’s best for every home buyer to become familiar with the purpose of each. In brief (operative word), an appraisal is an estimate of the current market value of a home completed by an appraiser using set evaluation criteria.

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Eppraisal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

While in the process of purchasing a home, you are going to want to have a home inspection performed. Contracts to purchase homes have clauses in them that allow buyers to have a professional inspection performed, typically within the first five to ten days of signing the contract. It is tasteless and odorless.

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Realtor

JULY 13, 2021

Getty Images Buyers, we know it’s hard out there for you right now. In our current seller’s market, the national inventory of active listings is down 43.1% year over year, according to the Realtor.com June 2021 Housing Market Trends Report. Home inspection. Mold remediation.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

According to Matt Sharp, Area Lending Manager at Citi, “It’s really important when you are in the buying process that lenders have a communication with not only the buyer but also with their realtor,” Sharp said. In an extremely competive market? But, the buyer has to have the money ready in the situation that they do.

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Hank Miller Team

JULY 18, 2022

Cancel culture invades real estate.The number of canceled home contracts hit a two year high in June 2022. Atlanta is over the national average but well off the leaders at 17th of the sampled markets. Still, 22 of contracts terminating isn't a anything to ignore. When a buyer terminates, what can a seller do? in Apr '20.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 24, 2021

Led by venture capitalist firm Signal Fire as well as existing seed investors Y Combinator and DN Capital , Accept.inc said it plans to use the funding to scale its platform, double its team size and enter new markets. The home is then sold back to the buyer at the same price that it was purchased for.

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Hank Miller Team

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Coming off the frenzied Atlanta 2021 real estate market, it's hard to imagine things could get tougher for home buyers, but they are. Home buyers are rushing to buy ahead of additional rate and/or rent increases, some will be trapped on the hamster wheel of renting. How do home buyers get their offer selected?

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Cleveland Appraisal Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

In that case, potential buyers will lay down an ‘as-is’ offer, which means they will acquire the home in its current condition. Therefore, you don’t have to fix or account for any issues that might be discovered in a professional home inspection issued by the buyer. Buyers may walk away from the purchase.

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Raleigh Realty

AUGUST 17, 2021

Understanding Due Diligence and Earnest Money in North Carolina Real Estate When you go under contract on a home in North Carolina you are going to encounter terms like Due Diligence and Earnest Money. It's important to note that real estate contracts and laws change depending on what state you are in. Due Diligence: What Is it?

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D Fritz Appraisals

AUGUST 11, 2022

The real estate market has changed dramatically in recent years. Due to demand for homes being highe r than supply, buyer preferences and buying methods have had to change and more people are resorting to buying real estate online or sight unseen. When demand outweighs supply and quality homes enter the market, they often sell fast.

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McKissock

APRIL 28, 2021

It makes sense, but it can make the real estate process even tougher for buyers. Here’s how to handle emotional buyers like the pro that you are. As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. Want to up your social media marketing game?

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Eppraisal

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Whether you are a home buyer or seller, the real estate transaction can sometimes be tricky to navigate. Part 1 of our next two posts will dissect the real estate transaction from the buyer's perspective. An agent who specializes in buyers, or an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) may be most appropriate for your transaction.

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Zillow

MAY 22, 2018

If you're buying a home in a competitive market and your offers keep getting beat out, you may be tempted to resort to desperate measures. In addition to offering more than the asking price or a quick closing, some buyers agree to waive inspections. Waiving an inspection can cost you a fortune. This is never a good idea.

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Raleigh Realty

MARCH 31, 2021

A contingency clause doesn't necessarily mean all hope is lost for prospective buyers. In every market though, things happen where homes that are under the contract may not reach the closing table and the contingency clause usually protects the buyer and sometimes the seller in the event the parties decide to terminate.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2022

Luke Tomaszewski, an appraiser doing home inspections in the aftermath of the housing bust, was traveling as much as an hour across Chicago just to snap exterior photos of bank-owned properties. At $50 to $100 per inspection, according to ProxyPics, it’s certainly less expensive than sending an appraiser.

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McKissock

JULY 6, 2022

In fact, most clients now believe a buyer should be able to identify one of three home options, negotiate a favorable sales price, and close on that property in half an hour just like they do on TV! I would recommend including at least property access, financial outcomes, and potential roadblocks from contract to closing.

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Eppraisal

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

They have different impacts on both the buyer and the seller in a real estate deal. As homes have been selling with multiple offers and at record speeds over the past few years, home buyers have been watching home statuses carefully in case contracts fall through. The buyer must meet these contingencies by a certain date.

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Hank Miller Team

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In Feb '21 we noted that 44 of homebuyers had buyer's remorse, these new stats are bonkers. This number is a bit of a surprise and the reasons have to do with price but also with just about every other aspect of the buyer's transactions. Sure, the market over ’21 and the first part of ’22 was bonkers, competition was fierce.

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Listing Spark

AUGUST 25, 2022

Home inspections are a critical part of real estate. They impact both buyers and sellers and are key in negotiations and identifying any problem areas in homes. For most buyers and sellers though, they don’t know what they should be looking for in a home inspection. Episode overview. Episode highlights. Key takeaways.

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McKissock

JULY 26, 2022

As a buyer agent , it is your job to be the voice of reason, the buffer, and sometimes the peacemaker. Here are some tips on how to make the real estate transaction process as smooth as possible for you and your buyer clients. Number of days on market. Timeliness and types of inspections. Competing with other buyers.

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Eppraisal

APRIL 8, 2021

It's a "super seller's market" right now. Home values are increasing as buyers are competing for homes. There is so much pent-up buyer demand that homebuyers are in bidding wars and are offering considerably more than list price for homes. Financially Strong Buyers Choose the financially strongest buyers.

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Zillow

JANUARY 30, 2017

Most would-be buyers and sellers believe the real estate "deal" is done at the signing of the contract. In many cases, the deal-making and negotiations only start at the contract signing. Even in more competitive real estate markets, negotiations still happen once in escrow. Stay on your toes. Shopping for a home?

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Birmingham Appraisal

JUNE 1, 2022

This can happen in the real estate market as well. As an appraiser, we must stay on top of what is going on in the market or we can miss the mark on value. Because real estate agents and appraisers are striving for similar results (estimating accurate value) we can all gain valuable insight from the same market data.

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Eppraisal

MARCH 13, 2021

The real estate market is hot right now with pent-up buyer demand from 2020. According to the National Association of Realtors, the inventory of available homes on the market set a record at the end of 2020 as being the lowest since 1999. They work extra hard for the buyers they have an Exclusive Buyer Broker Agreement with.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

To me, the big issue is who is doing the inspections. A buyer gets a seller’s disclosure statement for that information. Most of the inspection training we receive as appraisers happens in the field. The guy I followed around on appraisal inspections didn’t really take the time to explain what he was doing.

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