Thursday, January 24, 2013

Inside Real Estate: Decoding information in Navica MLS listings: Purchasing Information


When I send my buyers a list of properties from the Navica MLS system, they see lots of information about the property. If it is about a house, here is some of the information that will be shown:

TERMS: How the property can be purchased, such as with cash, a conventional loan, or an FHA or VA loan. Some properties that have been foreclosed are in such bad shape that they can only be purchased with cash. Also sometimes an owner will provide the financing to make it easier to buy the house, so it will say “owner carry.”

EM DEP and EM HOLDER: How much is required by the seller to show that a buyer is serious about purchasing the property. It is usually around 1 percent. The earnest money holder is the person who holds the deposit between making the office to buy and the closing. At the closing, the buyer’s earnest money counts towards the amount the buyer brings to the closing table.

TITLE CO: The title company is the one who is going to issue the title insurance on the property when it is transferred to the new owner. The seller pays for the insurance so that a “good title” can be given to the new buyer.

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