Also depends on the price of the house. That may not be much to reduce a very expensive home, but if the price is already low, that could be a considerable chunk. You can always make the offer, and then they may come back with a counter offer. If that reduction is too much compared to the price of the house, they might not make a counter offer. When we bought the house we now live in, we first offered them a little less than asking (can't remember exact numbers) but they did not accept it. I did not realize that our real estate salesperson did not work for us. I think she might have let them know that I was wanting the house no matter what. We wound up paying the asking price. |