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Submit a Reasonable Offer to Purchase a Florida Luxury Home

by Barry Dunleavy 03/22/2020

Once you find your ideal luxury home in Orlando, Tampa Bay or any other Florida city or town, there is no reason to wait to submit an offer to purchase this residence. Because if you hesitate, you risk losing your dream residence to a rival homebuyer.

Ultimately, there are several factors to consider as you try to craft a reasonable offer to purchase a luxury residence in a Florida city or town. These factors include:

1. The Current State of the Real Estate Market

The luxury housing market in Miami likely differs from the luxury housing sector in Jacksonville. Much in the same vein, the price of a luxury residence in St. Augustine may be significantly higher than the price of a comparable luxury home in Gainesville. But if you analyze the local housing sector closely, you may be better equipped than ever before to submit a competitive offer to purchase your ideal Florida luxury home.

Take a look at the prices of recently sold luxury homes in the Florida city or town where you want to reside. Also, it may be beneficial to see how a Sunshine State luxury home you want to buy stacks up against comparable houses in the area. With this housing market data in hand, you should have no trouble crafting an offer to purchase a Florida luxury home that matches a seller's expectations.

2. Your Homebuying Budget

You likely have a finite amount of money you can spend on a luxury house in Lake Worth, Tallahassee or elsewhere in Florida. If you get pre-approved for a jumbo mortgage, however, you can enter the Florida luxury housing market with a budget at your disposal.

Meet with various banks and learn how a jumbo mortgage works. Then, you can select a jumbo mortgage that matches your expectations. And as a result, when you discover your ideal Florida luxury home, you can immediately submit a competitive offer to purchase this house.

3. Your Homebuying Timeline

It is important to give yourself as much time as you can to find your ideal Florida luxury home. Generally, it helps to establish a homebuying timeline so you can keep track of your progress along the homebuying journey. Of course, if you find a Sunshine State luxury home you want to acquire as quickly as possible, you can always accelerate this timeline.

As you navigate the Florida luxury housing market, you may want to employ a real estate agent. This housing market professional will do whatever it takes to help you achieve your desired results. Thus, if you want to purchase a luxury home near Disney World, a real estate agent will help you evaluate available luxury residences in and around Orlando. On the other hand, if you want to submit an offer to purchase a luxury house in Fort Lauderdale, a real estate agent will make it simple for you to craft a competitive homebuying proposal.

Consider the aforementioned factors closely, and you could receive an instant "Yes" after you submit an offer to purchase your ideal Florida luxury home.

About the Author
Author

Barry Dunleavy

Over 25 Years in the Real Estate Industry. Former Senior Managing Director with responsibility for oversight of real estate businesses in Canada and Latin America including CEO of Canadian-based bank; prior to that Sr. Managing Director Construction Financing to large residential builders throughout the USA. He has a BA and MBA in Finance. Memberships include the Naples Board of Realtors, Graduate Realtors Institute, Institute for Luxury Home Marketing, Florida Realtors, and the National Association of Realtors. Community activities include New Horizons of Southwest Florida volunteer teaching math and reading to at-risk 3rd to 5th graders while being Chair of their 2016-2018 Golf Event and also involved with the Christian Businessmen's Connection. 2014 Awarded the Distinguished Volunteer for Collier County. He was a former Board of Governors of Hazeltine National Golf Club, host of the upcoming 2016 Ryder Cup Championship.