Should You Pay More Than the Asking Price – Why There's No Need

You Don’t Need To Offer More than Asking Price for a Home

When demand outstrips supply, typically, the seller is in a position to quote their price. Also typically there are more people vying for limited goods and services, which means that they are tempted to offer more than the asking price. This is something that investors ask me as well – should they offer more than the asking price? The short answer is no – this is very rarely necessary. I will explain why.

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Why is the scenario a little different right now?

With the pandemic disrupting supply chains, creating labor problems and delays, there was an actual shortage of availability of new homes in the market. Since lumber and other building supplies have also become more expensive, I have seen instances of builders revising the asking price in some cases. Builders have been facing difficult times and they end up having to do this. To be fair they do also offer a refund of the deposit amount to those investors who are unwilling or unable to agree to the higher revised price.
However, in all my 40 years as an investor, I have never or very rarely seen this happen. My team would typically do all of the negotiations and have everything in place for investors. Right now, with interest rates much higher, these phenomena are subsiding considerably. 
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