The seller signed a sales contract with a couple, and the broker placed the buyers» $ 2,000
earnest money deposit into an escrow account.
Not exact matches
The home inspection is a contingency written
into most offers, meaning that if the buyers aren't happy with the result, they can cancel the sale without losing their
earnest money deposit, or reopen negotiations and ask for a price reduction.
The buyer usually
deposits an amount, known as
earnest money,
into an escrow account as a guarantee to the seller that he will proceed with the closing.
This investment amount is the difference between the HECM principal limit and the sale price for the property as well as any fees that are not financed
into the loan, less the amount of the
earnest money deposit.
At the time a buyer signs these forms they usually put
earnest money or a
deposit down on the home to show that they are entering
into this agreement in good faith, and do intend to purchase the home.
Also be wary of being rushed
into a decision to rent or buy an apartment or other housing, or to send a
deposit,
earnest money, down - payment, rent or other
money.
The recent move up began in
earnest at the beginning of the last tightening cycle, but has persisted
into the loosening cycle, as the FOMC has not let the monetary base grow, but has permitted the banks to continue to gather
deposits (banking, savings, CDs,
money market funds).
In Wyoming, brokers can't earn interest on clients»
earnest money, so the association last September established a 501 (c)(3) organization that allows brokerages to each open a federal tax - exempt, interest - bearing account
into which all
earnest monies from their transactions can be
deposited.
The rule now says
earnest money must be
deposited into a trust fund within three days of execution of the contract by the seller and buyer.
For example, the
earnest money deposit is put
into escrow until delivered to the seller when the transaction is closed.
The
earnest money is not yours or the buyers once
deposited into a bonded account.
I heard a guy say that, if you fund the
earnest money deposit on a wholesale deal, purchase agreement contract, (A to B) with a check from your self - directed IRA, that the entire wholesale fee you make (B to C), all of it, is profit, put back
into your IRA.
The buyer's initial
earnest money isn't the only
money that can gets
deposited into the escrow account.