{"id":8082,"date":"2023-07-26T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T10:30:00","slug":"tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tips<\/p>\n

While the wild ride that was the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years<\/a> of housing is behind us, today\u2019s market is still competitive in many areas because the supply of homes<\/a> for sale is still low. If you\u2019re looking to buy a home<\/a> this season, know that the peak frenzy of bidding wars is in the rearview mirror, but you may still come up against some multiple-offer scenarios.<\/p>\n

Here are a few things to consider to help you put your best foot forward when making an offer on a home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Lean on a Real Estate Professional<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Rely on an agent who can support your goals and help you understand what\u2019s happening in today\u2019s housing market. Agents are experts<\/a> in the local market and on the national trends too. They\u2019ll use both of those areas of expertise to make sure you have all the information you need to move with confidence.<\/p>\n

Plus, they know what\u2019s worked for other buyers in your area and what sellers may be looking for in an offer. It may seem simple, but catering to what a seller needs can help your offer stand out. As an article from Forbes<\/em> says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Getting to know a local realtor where you\u2019re hoping to buy can also potentially give you a crucial edge in a tight housing market.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Get Pre-Approved for a Home Loan<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Having a clear budget<\/a> in mind is especially important right now given the current affordability<\/a> challenges. The best way to get a clear picture of what you can borrow is to work with a lender so you can get pre-approved<\/a> for a home loan.<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll help you be more financially confident because you\u2019ll have a better understanding of your numbers. It shows sellers you\u2019re serious, too. And that can give you a competitive edge if you do get into a multiple-offer scenario.<\/p>\n

3. Make a Fair Offer<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It\u2019s only natural to want the best deal you can get on a home. However, submitting an offer that\u2019s too low does have some risks. You don\u2019t want to make an offer that will be tossed out as soon as it\u2019s received just to see if it sticks. As Realtor.com<\/em> explains<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201c. . . <\/em>an offer price that\u2019s significantly lower than the listing price, is often rejected by sellers who feel insulted <\/em><\/strong>. . . Most listing agents try to get their sellers to at least enter negotiations with buyers, to counteroffer with a number a little closer to the list price. However,<\/em> if a seller is offended by a buyer or isn\u2019t taking the buyer seriously, there\u2019s not much you, or the real estate agent, can do.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The expertise your agent brings to this part of the process will help you stay competitive and find a price that\u2019s fair to you and the seller.<\/p>\n

4. Trust Your Agent\u2019s Expertise Throughout Negotiations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

During the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years<\/a> of housing, some buyers skipped home inspections or didn\u2019t ask for concessions from the seller in order to submit the winning bid on a home. An article from Bankrate<\/em> explains<\/a> this isn\u2019t happening as often today, and that\u2019s good news:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the market has largely calmed down since then, sellers are still very much in the driver\u2019s seat in this era of scarce housing inventory. It\u2019s not as common for buyers to waive inspections anymore, but it does still happen. . . .<\/em> It\u2019s in the buyer\u2019s best interest to have a home inspected <\/em><\/strong>. . .<\/em> Inspections alert you to existing or potential problems with the home, giving you not just an early heads up but also a useful negotiating tactic<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately, today\u2019s market<\/a> is different, and you may have more negotiating power than before. When putting together an offer, your trusted real estate advisor will help you think through what levers to pull and which ones you may not want to compromise on.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/h3>\n

When you buy a home this summer, be sure to work with a real estate advisor to make your best offer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While the wild ride that was the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years of housing is behind us, today\u2019s market is still competitive in many areas because the supply of homes for sale is still low. If you\u2019re looking to buy a home this season, know that the peak frenzy of bidding wars is in the rearview mirror, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101010,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[110,99],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nTips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While the wild ride that was the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years of housing is behind us, today\u2019s market is still competitive in many areas because the supply of homes for sale is still low. If you\u2019re looking to buy a home this season, know that the peak frenzy of bidding wars is in the rearview mirror, but […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Zakaria Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thezakariagroup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/content\/images\/20230718\/20230726-Tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3faf57a8142a13b0b75bddafdfe7ec5d\"},\"headline\":\"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\"},\"wordCount\":687,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Buying Myths\",\"For Buyers\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\",\"name\":\"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Zakaria Group\",\"description\":\"The Zakaria Group\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"TZG, MLS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Zakaria Group\",\"alternateName\":\"TZG\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-1.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":173,\"caption\":\"The Zakaria Group\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thezakariagroup\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX6VeVxc5BNyr8TY1piPyXw\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thezakariagroup\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3faf57a8142a13b0b75bddafdfe7ec5d\",\"name\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/author\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group","og_description":"While the wild ride that was the \u2018unicorn\u2019 years of housing is behind us, today\u2019s market is still competitive in many areas because the supply of homes for sale is still low. If you\u2019re looking to buy a home this season, know that the peak frenzy of bidding wars is in the rearview mirror, but […]","og_url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/","og_site_name":"The Zakaria Group","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thezakariagroup\/","article_published_time":"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/files.keepingcurrentmatters.com\/content\/images\/20230718\/20230726-Tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home.jpg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3faf57a8142a13b0b75bddafdfe7ec5d"},"headline":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home","datePublished":"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/"},"wordCount":687,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Buying Myths","For Buyers"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/","url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/","name":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home - The Zakaria Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-26T10:30:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/tips-for-making-your-best-offer-on-a-home\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/","name":"The Zakaria Group","description":"The Zakaria Group","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization"},"alternateName":"TZG, MLS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#organization","name":"The Zakaria Group","alternateName":"TZG","url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/logo-1.png","width":400,"height":173,"caption":"The Zakaria Group"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thezakariagroup\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX6VeVxc5BNyr8TY1piPyXw","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thezakariagroup\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3faf57a8142a13b0b75bddafdfe7ec5d","name":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"url":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/author\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thezakariagroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}