When you’re asked to resubmit your offer
Dear David, We were in multiple offers with six other buyers this week. We submitted our offer with everything the seller requested, but later were asked to re-submit because the offers were “too close to call”. It feels like we’re being treated unfairly. What’s going on? – UNHAPPY DEAR UNHAPPY: Multiple offers have long been
Help for the overwhelmed executor
Dear David, I’m the executor of a friend’s estate and have been tasked with selling their home, where they lived for 40 plus years. This is a huge undertaking. The house is full of personal items, furniture and collectibles, and I’m not sure which ones are valuable. How do I extract the most value from
Are closing dates negotiable?
Dear David, We have a great mortgage rate that is locked in for 45 days. We just found our dream house, but the sellers need 60 days to close. Is there anything we can do? – SEARCHING FOR A SOLUTION DEAR SEARCHING: When you’re this close to finding your perfect home, the last thing you
When a buyer wants to delay closing
Dear David, I sold my home in early June. The deal is supposed to close in three days. The buyer just asked for an extension, what should I do? – ALARMED DEAR ALARMED: Your situation is not uncommon in today’s market — we’ve received many versions of this question from both buyers and sellers in
A return to old-fashioned courtship
Dear David, We submitted an offer. The sellers want 24 hours to review it, even though we saw them pulling into the driveway as we were leaving the property! Earlier this year we were unsuccessful in a few bidding wars, and in those cases the sellers came to the table right away. Why do we
Bringing an old offer back to life
Dear David, We put our house up for sale a month ago and got an offer almost immediately. The value seemed low at the time, so we turned it down. Now we are having second thoughts. Is it possible to get that offer back? – KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT DEAR KEEPING: The summer of