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Is this normal?-re:contingencies

We made an offer on a house over the weekend. We agreed on a price, but they countered and deleted our contingency to successfully close on our house (it went under contract a few weeks ago). We countered back with the original contingency to close first. They rejected it and said to come back if we get our buyer's financing secured and agree to inspection terms for the purchase of our current house. Their agent says they are basically waiting for the "perfect" buyer with no contingencies. I (and our agent) feel like this is a pretty basic request. Is this common? I know the owners can agree to whatever terms they want, but I feel that it's not very realistic in this market.
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Re: Is this normal?-re:contingencies

  • Eh, I'm kinda with the sellers.  I'd be very leery of taking my home off the market for several weeks while wishing & hoping that your buyers come through.  You can say, "oh, they could leave it on the market and take back-up offers," but nobody's really gonna offer on a house that already has an offer in a slow market.
  • So you've got a contract to sell, but you're looking to push the risk off onto your sellers in case your buyers fall through?  I can see why they wouldn't want to give you that.  From their perspective, if your sellers gave you that contingency, then they'd be shouldering the risk of your buyers falling through AND you falling through for other reasons.  Obviously you wish they'd go along with it, but can't you see why they wouldn't?

    Sounds like you need to decide whether you like this house enough to bear the risk of your own buyers falling through.

  • We had the same contingency you want to put in.  Luckily our sellers were fine with it.  You can't make them accept it, so either come back when your buyers financing is secured and inspection is over or find a new house that the sellers will accept it.  Good luck! 
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  • Thanks for your input! This is our dream house in our dream neighborhood. It is priced well, but the sellers do not have to move. We're going to wait on our buyer's financing, which should be in the next two weeks, hope it's available, and resubmit an offer. Hopefully it will all work out!

      

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  • I think this is going to depend on your housing market. Here it is not uncommon to have a sale contingent upon the buyer's sale of their house, although not all sellers are ok with this. I can see why a seller wouldn't want to take that risk. It sounds like this seller doesn't want that, so I think at this point you are going to have to decide if you are willing to accept the risk or not.
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  • It sounds normal. The only way we would have considered a contingency like that is if we were able to keep actively marketing the house and accepting other offers.
  • How competitive it your area?  For us we couldn't be making offers with that kind of contingency.  

    Like you mentioned the sellers don't have to move, so they can afford to wait for a better offer.  If it's your dream house in your dream neighborhood would you consider dropping the contingency?  If you buyer falls through could you afford to carry two mortgages? 

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    How competitive it your area?  For us we couldn't be making offers with that kind of contingency.  

    Like you mentioned the sellers don't have to move, so they can afford to wait for a better offer.  If it's your dream house in your dream neighborhood would you consider dropping the contingency?  If you buyer falls through could you afford to carry two mortgages? 

    We would not have accepted your contingency unless it was agreed that we could continue to market the house and consider other offers. 

    Personally, I am not a fan of contingencies--too many things can go wrong.

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  • I work with someone who turned down an offer on her house because of a similar contingency. If the house hasn't been on the market long they probably won't budge on it (yet).
  • Hmmm...I wonder if having our buyer's finances secured will make a difference to the sellers then. The housing market in our area is pretty slow. That's why all this surprised me. 
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