{"id":1438,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:00:00","slug":"make-your-offer-stand-out-in-housing-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/make-your-offer-stand-out-in-housing-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Your Offer Stand out in Housing Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sandra-thomas-1\/make-offer-standout\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Spring and summer are busiest for homebuying, bringing more listings but also more competition.<br \/>\nBefore bidding, line up a trusted agent and mortgage preapproval to show you can close.<br \/>\nAgents can gauge local pace, find comparable listings, and tailor offers to seller priorities.<br \/>\nSweeteners include \u2191 earnest money: typically 1%-3%, but could be 5%+ in competitive markets.<br \/>\nOther options: escalation clauses, or seller concessions like paying certain fees or buying as-is.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring and summer are busiest for homebuying, bringing more listings but also more competition. Before bidding, line up a trusted agent and mortgage preapproval to show you can close. Agents can gauge local pace, find comparable listings, and tailor offers to seller priorities. Sweeteners include \u2191 earnest money: typically 1%-3%, but could be 5%+ in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1440,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandrathomasrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}