Northwest Home Value Articles and Videos

In this video, we explain what a home pre-inspection is for buyers and sellers and how it works.

In this video, we talk about three ways we can help you with real estate.

3 Important Tips for Buying a Home and Winning Multiple-Offers, with Phill Becraft -Guild Mortgage

Property tour and walkthrough video for 18708 2nd PL W Bothell, WA 98012; a Bothell home for sale.

View the current status and price for 18708 2nd PL W Bothell here:

https://www.northwesthomelistings.com/property/1771233/

Snohomish County Housing Market Update - Everett Real Estate Agent

March 2021 - Everett, Washington Housing Market Update - Watch Now

https://youtu.be/nnt1mE4CVaY

Curious how to win multiple offers on a home? In this video, I explain exactly what the offer, and terms might look like when we write a buyer's offer. Using this formula could give you the best chance to be the winning bid on a multiple-offer house.

Have you been considering making a contingent offer on a house? Here are the best ways to buy a home, contingent on selling your home first. We have helped many clients successfully purchase a home contingent on selling their home first. Here are my top 10 tips for making a contingent offer on a house. 

Top 10 Ways to Sell Your Home for More Money

Ever wonder why some houses get many offers while others go unsold? We've listed the top ways to market your home, get multiple offers, and sell your house for more money:

Frustrated you'll never get a house in a competitive market? Have no fear!

We've been working with buyers and sellers in multiple-offer situations for the past few years. We have sorted through stacks of amazing offers and helped our seller clients choose the right offer, and we have used these same strategies to help our buyer clients win a bidding war. That experience has led me to curate this list of "How to Win Multiple-Offers?" Over the past few years, I have updated the information with the latest strategies that actually work to winning a bidding war. It's not just the price that the seller will consider, but also the overall terms and risk of the contract. Take a look at the infographic below where we've compiled the best ways to win multiple offers and beat out other buyers in a price bidding war.

Video: How to Win Multiple Offers on a House

Here are the top 10 ways to win multiple-offers on a home:

1. Waive low appraisal with an additional down payment resource

2. Use an Escalation Clause to automatically increase your bid.

3. Do a Pre-Inspection/Waive your Inspection Contingency

4. Submit a Non-Refundable Earnest Money Deposit

5. Write a personalized letter to the seller

6. Good Representation - Clean delivery of the offer

7. Mortgage Broker Calls the listing agent

8. Have your agent calls for inside details, "seller hot buttons"

9. Move fast to tour the home in person.

10. Have a 100% Pre-Approved and Underwritten loan approval.

Infographic: How to Win Multiple Offers on a House