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Old 03-19-2022, 08:24 PM
 
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Hi,

Thanks for everyone in this forum. We did use this forum to research and gathered lot of useful information

We are in the process of moving from NJ to TX. We visited Dallas multiple times in the past couple of months. We were looking for a house (new or existing) ~4k sq. ft in and in and around plano or frisco or allen or prosper. Our budget is $800k to $1.2M max

Past 2 months we made several offers and tried with 10-20% more than asking and cover owner title insurance / appraisal waiver / insurance waiver etc. None of them were accepted

Today we saw this open house and really liked it.. we are in the process of making an offer. What suggestions you guys can provide it to us to make an offer that the seller can possibly accept?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...13397306_zpid/

Appreciate your suggestions on this regard.
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Old 03-19-2022, 08:56 PM
 
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I am very far from an expert but if you lost at 20% over asking there was something else that the sellers wanted. What did your real estate agent say regarding the winning bids vs your bids ? Are you offering cash? Are you asking for a contingency on selling your house?
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Old 03-19-2022, 09:09 PM
 
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I am very far from an expert but if you lost at 20% over asking there was something else that the sellers wanted. What did your real estate agent say regarding the winning bids vs your bids ? Are you offering cash? Are you asking for a contingency on selling your house?
thank you.. as per our agent, winning offers are mostly cash offers and some of them were 30% higher than asking price

our offer so far is 50-60% cash and remaining with pre approved mortgage with very good credit.

we sold our home last month and living in mother-in-law home for now... so, no contingency..

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Old 03-19-2022, 10:22 PM
 
Location: Plano, TX
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With that much cash, why not buy the land (all cash), ... and they borrow and have a builder build a new home on that land?
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Old 03-19-2022, 11:27 PM
 
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thank you.. as per our agent, winning offers are mostly cash offers and some of them were 30% higher than asking price

our offer so far is 50-60% cash and remaining with pre approved mortgage with very good credit.

we sold our home last month and living in mother-in-law home for now... so, no contingency..
I could be wrong, but I don't think $300k over asking on million dollar properties is the norm in Plano/Allen/etc. DFW isn't Seattle.
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Old 03-19-2022, 11:28 PM
 
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Have you tried McKinney? It should be a lot less competitive and keep you in the same vicinity. Do you really need a McMansion that large?

Regardless, you might try other nearby locations depending on where you work.
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Old 03-20-2022, 12:47 AM
 
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I could be wrong, but I don't think $300k over asking on million dollar properties is the norm in Plano/Allen/etc. DFW isn't Seattle.
It’s possible. Many are getting 20-50 offers. I don’t know about Plano / Allen $1M market, but I know one in my Dallas neighborhood just closed for $1.9M…asking price was $1.3 range and they got around 30 offers. The winning bid was all cash, quick close, no contengencies / inspection & appraisal waived.
And another on our block is pending at $1.25M on $900k list.
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Old 03-20-2022, 07:59 AM
 
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This is the part I don't get - if houses are consistently getting 30% over asking wouldn't the asking prices increase over time ? Why would agents under price houses that much ?
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Old 03-20-2022, 08:25 AM
 
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Who's your agent? Maybe they are doing something wrong or has a bad reputation that other agents don't want to work with.

You don't have to answer that.

There are so many variables in making a good offer, no one here can really know your problem. And your problem maybe that there are just too many Buyers wanting the same home you want. If you really like it, so will about 20 other couples.
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Old 03-20-2022, 08:26 AM
 
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This is the part I don't get - if houses are consistently getting 30% over asking wouldn't the asking prices increase over time ? Why would agents under price houses that much ?
They have gone up tremendously over the last 16 months to reflect higher pricing being paid. Problem is we go with the new higher numbers and Buyers continue to bid over even those amounts.
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