Selling a home for cash doesn’t mean you sign a document and get handed a bag of money.
A cash home buyer has sufficient available funds to cover the entire price of the property upfront.
Rather than financing the purchase with a mortgage loan, the buyer pays directly. Cash sales have become steadily more common in the modern housing market. According to a recent study, one-third of US home purchases were made in cash last year. That is a significant increase compared to the year before. Agreeing to an all-cash offer speeds up the turnaround of the sale. There is no need to wait on lender approval. There is no requirement of a home inspection or repairs. All-cash offers are far less risky. Because the buyer isn’t depending on a loan application that could be denied, there is no worry over it falling through. This makes a cash offer more appealing to anyone who is in a hurry to transfer ownership of a property. While cash offers are usually lower than finance-contingent alternatives, the home owner is paying for efficiency and convenience. They also avoid lots of fees and commissions. With more and more cash buyers emerging all the time, sellers need to beware of scammers who look for desperate situations. Whether or not a cash offer is the right decision depends on priorities. If the primary concern is selling the property and collecting the cash as swiftly as possible, cash sales are ideal. If getting the maximum price for the home is the goal and time isn’t a problem, it can be better to wait for a buyer who’s financing.