I Will Offer You ONE MILLION DOLLARS For Your House... Oh, Contingent On An Appraisal...


I Will Offer You ONE MILLION DOLLARS For Your House... Oh, Contingent On An Appraisal...
By Scott Rogers • July 21, 2021
I've seen buyers use this strategy quite a few times lately... and sellers usually aren't interested, or fooled, or entertained. Here's the scenario... A house is listed for sale, priced at $250,000. Three offers come in, each one higher than the last, as is typical in this market... Offer of $255,000 contingent on an inspection and appraisal. Offer of $260,000 contingent on an appraisal, but not an inspection. Offer of $265,000 without a home inspection and the buyer is willing to pay $10,000 over the appraised value. Then, the fourth offer comes in. Offer #4 is an offer of $350,000. Contingent on the property appraising at or above the contract price. I'm exaggerating a bit to make my point here -- but not by much. Basically, a buyer offers WAAAAAY above the asking price -- well beyond what anyone would think would be a reasonable offer for the property -- but makes their offer contingent on an appraisal. I suppose the thought is that surely a seller would pick an offer of $350K instead of an offer of $255K, $260K or $265K, right!? Maybe not. I have had the chance to see several sellers respond to these absurdly, unrealistically high offers and again, sellers usually aren't interested, or fooled or entertained by such offers. Almost every seller I know would happily take Offer #3 as described above before they'd even start to entertain Offer #4. Clearly, buyers can attempt to negotiate however they'd wish to do so, but this particular strategy does not seem, to me, to be a winning strategy. Receive Updates by Email Recent Articles: There Are Plenty Of Types Of Houses That Exist That Just Are Not Available To Purchase Home Sales By Price Range In The City Of Harrisonburg Are You Compromising On Aspects Of Your Next Home That You Can Or Cannot Change Later? How Much Slower Are The Winter Months In Our Local Housing Market? Rockingham County and New Home Sales Drive Surge in Area Housing Market Find The Balance Between Optimistic And Realistic Home Pricing Room Size Is Difficult To Understand Solely From Real Estate Photos How Much Would You Value Not Having To Prepare Your Home For Showings? One Out Of Four Homes Is Taking Longer Than A Month To Sell Consider The Cost Of Your Planned Renovations When Planning Your Offer
Have any questions? Contact Scott Rogers at 540-578-0102 or scott@funkhousergroup.com
Based on information from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of REALTORS® or its MLS, for the period Jan 1, 2000 through Nov 21, 2024 (unless otherwise noted).
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