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Many homeowners are held back from purchasing a new home because they want or need to sell their current home. Many potential buyers have heard about home sale contingencies, but fewer have heard the phrase “Settlement Contingency”. By putting yourself in the shoes of a home seller, you know most sellers are less likely to… Read more: Settlement Contingency Protects You But Makes Your Purchase Offer More Acceptable

In the first and second quarters of 2022 Cupertino house prices reached an all-time high as buyers purchased before an expected interest rate increase. Prices then dropped until the first quarter of 2023. Then, even during a year of interest rate increases, house prices have risen from their fourth-quarter 2022 low back to their all-time… Read more: House Prices Return To All-Time High In Cupertino

In 2018 Zillow announced “Zillow Offers” which gave home sellers an opportunity to sell their home directly to Zillow without listing their home for sale on an MLS. With the Covid-19 pandemic leading to restrictions on holding open houses it would seem that 2021 would be a great opportunity for the program. Zillow would use… Read more: Zestimate – Zillow Lost $304,000,000