We have had our home on the market for three months, and finally received an offer last week. The price that the buyer is offering is fine with us, but the contract includes a “loan contingency” ...

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It’s a sign of the times when America’s largest lender, Rocket Mortgage, starts offering bridge financing, a somewhat complicated niche loan product. Why now? Well, the housing market is on ice with ...

Real estate markets across the U.S. have been plagued with unusually low inventory, spurring fierce competition among buyers. January—ordinarily a slower month for real estate transactions—was the ...

Throughout the home buying process, you face numerous decisions, including which contingencies to add to your home purchase contract. Contingencies are basically clauses or stipulations in a real ...

If you’re buying a house, it’s important to understand the difference between these two types of sales. Both contingent and pending mean a property is under contract, but each status signals a ...

QWe just signed a contract to buy our first home. Because of the crazy real estate market, we included an escalation clause in our offer. It seems there were three other bids, but due to the ...