10/24/2016
Top Tips for Home Buyers
Tip #8: Making an Offer
Hi Sally,
After weeks or months of searching, you’ve finally found it – the home of your dreams! While one challenge has been overcome, you now begin the negotiation process, starting with making your initial offer.
Your Dream Home
Here are a few tips to help ensure your success:
Ask your REALTOR® to show you selling prices of similar homes in the same area, which sold over the past year. Offer the lowest price (or less) that any comparable home has sold for, and increase your offer to compensate for any additional features.
Offer a larger deposit if you’re competing for a hot property.
Give your deposit to a neutral party (agent or escrow company) so it can be held in a trust account until the offer is accepted and the deal closes.
Make sure the escrow instructions state that your deposit will be automatically returned if the deal doesn’t go through within a specified time period.
Spell out the type of mortgage you’ve secured.
Give yourself a way out of a purchase agreement with contingency clauses.
I hope these tips help you purchase your dream home. I’m always available to serve as your mortgage advisor, and I appreciate any referrals to others who may benefit from my expertise.
Sincerely,
Jeff
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Perl Mortgage
Jeff Fishman
Mortgage Advisor, PERL Mortgage, Inc.
847.208.4990
500 Lake Cook Rd., Suite 420, Deerfield, IL 60015
[email protected]
perlmortgage.com/jfishman
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Jeff FishmanMortgage Advisor, IAMP Board Member847.208.4990 phone847.208.4990 cell312.334.6074 [email protected] 500 Lake Cook Road, Suite 420, Deerfield, IL 60015 (NMLS #19648) Jeff Fishman, Licensed Mortgage Advisor, has spent his entire career in Finance. A proud Perl Mortgage Originator s...