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4 Tips for Increasing the Appeal of Your Offer

Today I’ll provide you a few key tips homebuyers can use when making an offer in a seller’s market.

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When you’re buying a home in a seller’s market, you’ll often be competing with other buyers in a multiple-offer situation, but don’t let that scare you away from making an offer on the home that you really want. Here are a few things to consider if you want your offer to make an impression on the seller:

1. Make a large earnest money deposit. Don’t settle with the standard amount—go big. That will grab the seller’s attention and indicate how serious you are about buying their home. As your Realtor, I’m able to write special stipulations into your contract so that your earnest money is never at risk of being lost.

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What’s Going on in the Atlanta Metro Area Market?

2019 has arrived and it’s time for our first market update of the year.

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A lot of people are wondering whether our North Atlanta Metro market favors buyers or sellers. This is actually a somewhat difficult question to answer.

Why? Well, the truth is that our market’s conditions can vary even just between neighborhoods.

To give a general answer, though, our overall market does appear to be shifting from a seller’s market to a buyer’s.

There are approximately 30,000 homes in our market right now, and while this might sound like a lot, it actually indicates that we have just about 3.5 months’ worth of inventory. To put this in perspective, a balanced market should have approximately six months’ worth of inventory. In other words: Supply is low.

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