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Home Offer Writing – Make an Offer

When you find the perfect Main Line home, you need to make an offer. As long as you’ve already gotten your preapproval letter, you’re positioned to get the house of your dreams.

All About Home Offer Writing

The first thing you need to do when you’re interested in buying a home is determine the price you’re willing to pay. You (hopefully) asked your real estate agent to compare the home to recent sales in the same area so you could ensure the price was appropriate; that’s a great jumping-off point for you.

Generally speaking, you should make your offer less than you’re really willing to pay. You can expect the seller to want to negotiate the home’s price, so building yourself a little wiggle room is a good idea.

When you make the offer, you’ll also include any contingencies, or conditions that the seller must meet in order for you to go through with the purchase.

Once you make the offer, you’ll make your initial deposit on it (that’s called earnest money or a good faith deposit).

What Happens after You Write an Offer

One of three things can happen after you make an offer on a home:

  1. The seller accepts it, agreeing to all of your terms.
  2. The seller makes a counter-offer, which can change the amount of money or the terms.
  3. The seller rejects your offer outright.

The seller has a limited amount of time to respond, so if you haven’t heard anything within that time frame, you can assume that they have rejected your offer.

If the Seller Makes a Counter-Offer

If the seller chooses to counter your offer with terms of his or her own, such as “We’ll accept less money if we keep the washer, dryer and refrigerator,” or something of that nature, you have the option to accept or counter again.

Let’s Get You Moving

Call us at 610-608-3119 or contact us online so we can start your custom home search. We’ll be happy to help you find the perfect place in the Main Line area, and we’ll be there with you through writing the offer and beyond.

 

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Mary Beth- Where do I begin? She is a sweet, hard working and determined realtor that you want representing you. We were searching for a home in the Main Line area for several months using another realtor. Days, months and even a year went by and we were unsuccessful. It wasn’t until we started working with Mary Bath Hurtado that this dream of living in the Main Line came true! It’s been a pleasure to recommend her to many friends and to see how they also have found their dream home. If you are determined to find a house, call Mary Beth! She is knowledgeable, caring, dedicated, and passionate…a real winner!

We recently needed to relocate to the Philadelphia area without much knowledge about where we wanted to live or should be looking. Thankfully we got in touch with Mary Beth. She was a huge help and really great to work with. She’s extremely knowledgeable about the area and really helped us narrow down our search. This was also our first house, so she was very helpful in guiding us through the process. We’re very happy with the house we’re in and really thankful we were lucky enough to work with Mary Beth.

Mary Beth and Eliot were fantastic when they represented us in the sale of our home. They were quick to respond to our calls and questions, and they put us at ease when the market didn’t behave exactly as we preferred! In the beginning of the process, they were very helpful in the staging of our home, and their comps were right on. They helped us strike the right balance of patience and aggressiveness, and the end result,after just a few months in a tough market, was a sale price above list. I would not hesitate to recommend Mary Beth and Eliot to my friends and family.

We used Mary Beth Hurtado in the recent purchase our of home in Bala Cynwyd. Not only did she find us the perfect house in the right neighborhood, she helped us get it at a great price. She has a great feel for people, and tremedous knowledge and experience that make her a top-notch realtor in the area. I highly recommend Mary Beth Hurtado to anyone looking to find their dream house in the Main Line.

Mary Beth Hurtado was patient, diligent, readily available, experienced, and knowledgeable. She lives and works on the Main Line and thus is extremely versed on the Main Line properties and real estate culture. She was a great balance between being aggressive and attentive but not too pushy. She listened to us and got to know us and what we were looking for in a house, when it came to price range and style. We would recommend her for somebody looking in the Main Line area. We greatly appreciate all that she did for us throughout the home buying process.

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