About Home Buying / Selling: Closing Cost Credits to the Buyer

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Home Buying / Selling Home Buying / Selling Buyers Sellers Short Sales / Foreclosures From Elizabeth Weintraub, your Guide to Home Buying / Selling I just want to add a little note to this week's topic about closing cost credits. If you're trying to buy a home in a seller's market of multiple offers, don't include closing cost credits in your offer because it will make your offer look much less desirable. Above all, don't ask for a concession when you're putting down 20% or paying cash. You might think no buyer in her reasonable mind would try to do this, but then you probably don't sell real estate for a living. Crediting Non-Recurring Closing Costs to the Buyer Not every buyer has funds to pay for closing costs, so it's not odd to ask a seller to help, especially with the buyer's non-recurring closing costs. What's kind of interesting is ... Read more Home Buying and Selling at the Same Time Seller's markets can make buying and selling at the same time a very difficult task. Whether you think it's good or bad, the real estate markets in many parts of the ... Read more Do You Need a Short Sale Agent to Buy a Short Sale? When buyers find out their offers for short sales are not getting accepted, they can begin to wonder if they should hire a short sale agent. I know this because they ... Read more Writing Offers and Negotiating Acceptance How you write a winning offer depends on your marketplace and whether it is a seller's or buyer's market. Find out what needs to be listed in your offer to give you the edge. As a buyer, how do you write contingencies that will let you cancel the deal and get your deposit back? As a seller, learn how to give up the battle and win the war through counter offers. Related Searches Closing Cost Buying Real Estate Mortgage Note Buyer House Buyer First Home Buyer Featured Articles Getting to the Heart of Home Financing How to Find and Work With a Lender How to Find, Interview and Hire a Real Estate Agent Home Inspections Understanding Home Disclosures Investment Properties and Property Management   More from About.com 10 Easy Ways to Look Thinner Don't wait until you've lost those first pounds to make these simple, slimming changes. Read more...> Create a Shared Photo Stream Sharing your photo stream with friends and family is a great way to keep in touch. Read more...> This newsletter is written by: Elizabeth Weintraub Home Buying / Selling Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Home Buying / Selling newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2012 About.com   Must Reads First-Time Home Buyers REO Tips for Buying Foreclosures 5 Steps Before Home Selling 6 Things About Buying Short Sales Best Places to Live in America   Follow me on: Advertisement