Posted on September 30, 2021 by in Uncategorized

Selling Your House in Jacksonville? What To Do If Your Buyer Falls Through

Selling your house in Jacksonville?  There’s no guarantee, nor any way to estimate when your home will sell. We’ll review what you can do if your buyer falls through. It’s a big letdown when you believe you’ve sold your home and moved forward with plans for your new home. While it doesn’t happen often, it’s wise to be aware as you enter the real estate market, of the many reasons a buyer falls through and what, if anything you can do to avoid it.

Backing Out

It’s especially disheartening to learn that a buyer backed out because of buyer’s remorse. Sadly, there’s nothing you can do to save the deal for this reason. If you’re selling your house in Jacksonville due to an urgent reason for relocating, the stress of the sale going down the drain can be overwhelming. It’s also time-consuming and expensive when you’re suddenly forced to make last-minute arrangements due to your buyer’s vanishing act. At the same time, if you want to maintain the arrangements you’ve made for moving, you’ll need to act swiftly if your buyer falls through.

Unqualified

While there may be serious buyers who haven’t been pre-approved for a mortgage loan, sorting them out can be time-consuming, intensely trying to one’s patience, and quite costly. One thing you can do to avoid the issue of qualifying for the mortgage, as a reason for failure on the buyer’s part, is to only work with pre-approved buyers to increase your chances of a successful deal… This means the lender is ready to work with them, having verified their credit and ability to afford the down payment and all the costs associated with the transaction. While this will limit the number of buyers who pass through you’re the door when you are selling your house in Jacksonville, it is in your best interest

Inspection

It’s advisable to have an independent inspection done by a professional when you’ve decided it’s time to sell your Jacksonville house. In any event, when you’ve found a buyer using conventional financing, you can be certain there will be an inspection. Depending on the age and condition of your home, failing the inspection is a deal-breaker. Be aware whether you hire professionals or can do the work yourself, you’ll need to invest even more in the property in time, money and all the headache’s repairs bring.

Low Appraisal

You’ll need to consider investing in updating the home or repairing out of date or non-operational major home systems and structural issues, to be in the competition. Should the house you’re selling in Jacksonville fail to appraise for enough to meet the desired loan to value (LTV) ratio of the lender, the loan will be denied. By having the home appraised by a professional beforehand, you’ll have a more realistic picture of what you’ll be able to sell for.

Wary of the maddening rollercoaster that selling your house in Jacksonville can become, losing time waiting for a closing that never happens, while all the while pouring more money into maintaining your property? If you are finding yourself facing time restrictions, don’t want to invest even more into your property, or you want to simplify the process of selling your Jacksonville house, one thing you can do is to consider a direct sale as your exit strategy.

Wanting to avoid such an awful experience and all the emotional turmoil that’s attached is understandable. Want to know the best way to avoid your sale falling through? Sell directly to Duval Home Buyers, LLC. Send us a message if you have any questions or call 904-346-0600 today!