Urban Nest Agent Insight: Munir Henry on Reframing Escalation Clauses
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Reframing Escalation Clauses With Urban Nest's Own Munir Henry
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Sometimes buyers ask about using escalation clauses as an offer strategy -- this is where you offer a base price and then offer to beat a competing offer by a certain amount up to a max price -- but many often worry that they're tipping their hand to the sellers by letting them know what they would really be willing to pay.
There is a chance that the seller would counter the buyer at their max price, without a competing offer being present.
However, I like to reframe this idea as a chance to 'get the house for less.' For example, say a buyer was going to offer $375k on a house with no escalation clause. Using this strategy, they could instead offer $350k and promise to beat a competing offer by, say, $5,000, up to a max of $375k.
This leaves them no worse off than if they went with the original offer with no escalation, but gives them the opportunity to possibly get the house for less.
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