made the last couple years), the odds are they will take those offers over a home sale contingency offer. No matter how strong your offer may be, the chance of something happening out of your control that could happen on your home sale such as the buyer losing their job, or the buyer purchases something that affects their loan qualification or the home buyer just getting cold feet and backing out will all cause a home seller to think twice about accepting a home sale contingency over another offer that may even be for less money but is not contingent on a home sale. Again, the home seller does NOT want to jeopardize other potential better offers that may come in but didn't because their listing went CTG on a home sale contingency offer. So, our first decision is that we MUST have your home at least listed for sale before making an offer on another home. However, while a seller may consider your offer, the odds of it getting accepted will be difficult as the seller will still wonder if your home will even sell due to some of the factors mentioned above. BETTER POSITION - HAVING YOUR HOME LISTED BUT NOT HAVING YOUR HOME UNDER CONTRACT WHEN MAKING AN OFFER ON A NEW HOME For the same reasons stated previously, a seller is still going to be leery about accepting any offer that is CTG on a home sale because there are many things beyond their and your control regarding your home sale that could cause your home purchase to fall apart. With that said, if your home is listed for sale, a good seller's realtor will research your listing to see if your home is priced correctly. They will look at the pictures, seller disclosure and try to do some research to evaluate the odds of your home selling quickly. Any of those factors leaving a bad taste in the seller's
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