<p>I’m hoping so. It went for $200K over, with no contingencies. And free rent back. I couldn’t even come up with anything to counter. I’m still in shock.</p>
<p>Very, very nice.</p>
<p>Holy cow!!! Congrats!!!</p>
<p>Congrats, UCDAlum!</p>
<p>“It went for $200K over, with no contingencies. And free rent back.” </p>
<p>so I guess the “Don’t take bids until 1pm Tuesday” tactic worked!
congrats! How many offers where there?</p>
<p>Some anecdotal evidence from northern Seattle suburbs. A friend said one of her coworkers just sold his Eastside house - in 2 days. I definitely see fewer “For sale” signs in my neck of the woods.</p>
<p>We are going to a showing tonight, the first in a while. Unless we end up buying this house we’ll be moving on to realtor #3… the last four or five houses I’ve requested to see have sold before realtor #2 even checked her email or called me back (2-3 days later). While driving around the last few weeks we’ve noticed that most of the houses appear to be listed with one of two different realty companies, we are thinking of calling them to try and get set up with someone else. We are hoping to get a crack at some of these houses faster than the general public if we go that route… they are just going too fast to keep up. I talked to a resident of the neighborhood we are most interested in and she told me houses are selling constantly even though only a handful are showing up on MLS, they’re being sold before ever really being listed-- realtors are approaching people who might not otherwise be selling and convincing them to sell, and then the houses are sold very, very quickly. So maybe if we can get a piece of that we’ll have better luck. We’ll see!</p>
<p>UCDalum</p>
<p>Congrats. So those worries really are not founded.</p>
<p>Is the house in the bay area hot spots? Contra Costa is still not that hot other than Walnut Creek.</p>
<p>UCD Alum – Could you clarify the timeline? Did it go up on a Thursday, with bids not evaluated until Tuesday? Did it go on the MLS at the same time, or did your realtor open it up for their office’s clients first?</p>
<p>Anyway, congratulations – you must be beyond thrilled!</p>
<p>Went on the MLS on Tuesday afternoon. It was not opened up to her own office first, though they had all been talking about it for the entire prep time, so they knew it was coming. Agents started showing on Wednesday. There were lots of folks through before the agent open on Friday, and the public open houses Sat and Sun. One more showing on Monday. None on Tuesday before the meeting. The winning bid was not from her office.</p>
<p>It is in one of the bay area’s hotter markets, but houses in recent weeks haven’t been snapped up as fast, so I was very worried.</p>
<p>Wow, UCDAlum, congratulations. I hope the inspection and closing go just as smoothly as the sale. Good job!</p>
<p>Congrats UCDAlum. Good luck and best wishes on your escrow!</p>
<p>Inspection? I don’t think there is going to be another inspection. A full house, roof, and termite inspection were done, and repairs made, before we put the house up for sale, with the inspections results in the disclosure packets. Its par for the course here. Is that also only done in certain area pockets?</p>
<p>You obviously live in a more honest area of the country! Around where I live, no one would ever accept a report from a seller’s inspector. There may be a few people who have an inspection before sale, but the buyers always get their own. Standard practice.</p>
<p>Ditto what hayden said. Buyers always get own inspections. Termite, general house/roof and often in our area, radon.</p>
<p>Congrats UCDAlum. Do you mind sharing where you are moving?</p>
<p>Charlotte, NC.</p>
<p>Emaheevul07 I would suggest talking to someone who is from one of the offices that specialize in the area. We did this when buying our current home, it made a huge difference in the process.</p>
<p>That is our next step, Mom2M. We’ll try that and see if it helps us.</p>
<p>The house we looked at yesterday had major basement issues… it looked like there had been settling with the foundation and they had “grip-tite” anchors installed to correct it-- and though the house was otherwise move in ready, it was priced as if it was a pristine move-in ready house with no issues. We were pretty darn sure we didn’t want to get involved with this anyway, but we had our realtor contact the agent for more info just to make sure there was no way we could ever be comfortable with the situation before walking away-- wanted to do due diligence because it was the best house we’ve seen so far otherwise, and I didn’t know anything about the repair to know if it was a legitimate fix or not-- just wanted to be informed. I just heard from the realtor and she said the listing agent pretty much blew her off and said they already had two offers on the property anyway-- this house has been on the market less than 24 hours and clearly has major problems. If THAT house can get multiple offers that fast, I am beginning to think we are WAY out of our league. I am hoping a new realtor will make a difference. :(</p>
<p>Ema – sorry you’re having so much trouble finding a place, but rather glad you walked away from foundation issues. I’ve never seen a foundation problem that cost even close to the estimate originally provided, and I’ve known several people who first tried the less expensive solution, then the moderate priced solution, and who finally ended up with the pricey solution.</p>