• How do showings work? It can be inconvenient at times for home sellers to make their home available for home buyers to view but home showings are a necessary part of the process. Typically, showings go like this; Brokers Tour (a day for local realtors and brokers to view the home), Open House (usually on the weekend for a few hours each day of the weekend), viewing appointments for owner occupied homes (buyer's agent will contact the listing agent to coordinate a viewing appointment). Having said that, it is up to the seller how and when the home will be available to be shown. Also, your realtor will go over safety issues during home showings. • How does the purchase offer process work? Here is a typical offer process; Buyer's agent requests a disclosure package from the listing agent, buyer's agent contacts listing agent that an offer will be coming, offer comes into the listing agent, listing agent reviews offer with sellers, sellers either accept, counter or reject the offer. • Should we set an offer date? Offer dates are sometimes set so as to give time for potential home buyers time to view the property, sometimes offer dates are set to motivate buyers to write an offer and other times offer dates are set with hopes of increasing the odds of receiving multiple offers. Offer date or no offer date will be determined on a case-by-case basis. • What are required to do during the escrow period? The accepted purchase contract will dictate what are the responsibilities of the buyers and sellers during the escrow period. Sellers should be given a timeline of what needs to be done and when it needs to be done during the escrow period.
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