Got word earlier this afternoon from escrow that we closed today. The all cash sales price was $1,150,000 or $150,000 over the list price. Congrats to both the buyer and seller.
I do want to mention what did happen, the highest offer of $1,150,000 (initial offer of $1,050,000) was actually a financed buyer who was putting a little over 40% and the second highest offer was a $1,130,000 cash offer (initial offer of $1,078,000). When we were reviewing counters the seller asked me if I thought the cash buyer would be willing to match the $1,150,000 offered by the financed buyer. I told her there would be high probability because the cash buyer's agent was constantly following up with me and her buyer went to see the home 4 times (including at the open house). So I called the cash buyer's agent and told her the highest price is $1,150,000 and if her buyer was willing to match that price the seller would go with her client (seller did allow me to send the financed buyer's counter to her). Within an hour she came back to me telling me that her client will do $1,140,000 because they were all cash....I laughed and told her this is not a negotiation, it's a take it or leave it and the only reason she client got a chance to match the highest price was because they were all cash....NO CASH DISCOUNTS! A few hours after that conversation, she sends me an updated buyer counter from her client for $1,150,000.