Here are some suggestions to landing your dream home in our current real estate market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Be nimble, be flexible.<\/strong> Try to investigate new listings quickly \u2013 within hours of their first posting, if possible. If you\u2019re interested in a house but an inspection finds a few flaws, you may have to be flexible about accepting a house with a few quirks or in need of some repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Make a strong offer.<\/strong> A seller\u2019s market isn\u2019t a time to lowball your first offer on a house you want. If you\u2019ve prepared and set your expectations below your minimum price range, you should be able to make a strong offer to ensure you are among the most attractive bidders. You shouldn\u2019t wildly overpay, but making a strategic offer above the listing price may sweeten the deal enough to close quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Earnest money.<\/strong> You may consider offering a meaningful earnest money component to your offer to show you are serious. Just understand that this money is put at risk if you later change your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Few strings.<\/strong> Try to make your offer as simple as possible. The more contingencies, the more room for someone else to sneak in and snap up your target home. Flexible move-in dates may help the seller navigate their purchase. Having to sell your home before buying theirs may create a snag versus another offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are some suggestions to landing your dream home in our current real estate market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"post_statement":"","post_description":"","post_cta":"","post_button":"Read More","post_button_url":"","compliance_id":"","post_disclaimer":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[208,209],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5316,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions\/5316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}