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Real Estate Basics: What is earnest money?
With all of the moving parts surrounding, well – making a move, the financials can quickly become confusing. One of the often-overlooked portions of purchasing or selling a home is earnest money.
Earnest money is essentially a deposit on the home you would like to purchase. Because a seller removes her property from the market while the closing process is completed, earnest money is seen as a good faith deposit that a buyer intends to carry through with the purchase. If the closing isn't completed, the seller would keep the earnest money unless an issue arises that was outlined as a reason to return the money to the buyer in the purchase agreement.
Most often those pre-outlined issues that would return earnest money are issues with financing, app...
