In Silicon Valley it is common for multiple purchase offers to be made for a home listed for sale. The seller often responds with a multiple counter offer to some or all of the offers. A normal counter offer can be accepted by the buyer creating a valid binding contract. A multiple counter offer, since […]
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Some home buyers, time and time again, seek out the listing agent when they want to make a purchase offer. These buyers seem to believe that if the sellers’ agent is not trustworthy, they will benefit. They do not believe an untrustworthy agent would favor the seller whom the agent has been working with for
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With the restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus, making a purchase offer on a home is going to become similar to making a preemptive offer. Negotiations between real estate agents and quick electronic communications between the agents and their clients are going to become more important and potentially more difficult.
If you are thinking about having retirement income or living in a rural setting, exploring California’s Williamson Act may be of value to you even though you are working in Silicon Valley. The intent of the program is to preserve agricultural lands by discouraging their premature and unnecessary conversion to urban uses. The allowed uses
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