How Seattle sellers review offers
The highest price does not always win.
Sellers weigh the whole offer: who lends, how it is funded, what can end it and how fast it closes. Brian Huie reads every part of it, for buyers writing offers and for sellers choosing one.
How do Seattle sellers review offers?
Some listings review offers as they arrive; the seller can accept, let an offer expire or counter, and a counter gives the buyer two business days to respond. Others set an offer review date, and every buyer submits ahead of it. The first offer takes about 30 minutes to review and each additional one about 5 to 10 minutes.
Second chances to improve an offer are rare, so the first one should be the best one.
What do sellers look at besides price?
The lender, how the purchase is funded, contingencies, earnest money, the closing timeline and how cleanly the offer is presented. Price carries about a quarter of the weight, so the highest price does not always win.
- Lender
- Price
- Funding
- Contingencies
- Earnest money
- Closing timeline
- Presentation
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How Brian scores and builds offers
The scoring, the funding ranks and the tactics are in the client sections.
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The offer, step by step
What to send Brian, the timeline and how sellers compare offers.
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Offer day
How offers are compared, negotiated and protected.
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Clients get a password from Brian at their first meeting.
A clean offer starts before the home appears.