ORS - Mandatory statements for sales agreements, earnest money receipts or other instruments for conveyance of fee title to real property - Oregon Revised Statutes

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Today, a personal check made out to the title company agreed upon by both the buyer and seller will suffice. Earnest money is typically 1 to 3 percent of the purchase price of the property, though the amount is always negotiable.

This amount varies widely, depending on the price of the house and the financial ability of the buyer. As a seller, more earnest money expresses more serious intentions.

As a buyer, if you plan to use the money for your down payment anyway, more earnest money is a simple way to communicate to the seller that you mean business. In the US, there are two different approaches to closing real estate: Oregon is a title company state. A title company is a neutral third party that facilitates the close of the transaction. The title company holds the earnest money until the buyer decides to complete the transaction or terminate it.

The title company is instructed by the seller and buyer through the contract they provide to the title company, so the money, once deposited, is inaccessible to either party without written consent from both. Life can get in the way of the best laid plans.

Because they had already exhausted their contingencies, they had no right to their earnest money. The most important rule in real estate: If there is a dispute about the earnest money, the only way it can be released is through much more complicated means: Claire Paris is a principal broker and realtor at Paris Group Realty, LLC in Portland OR.

She is passionate about helping her clients build wealth and stability through real estate. She has been practicing real estate in Portland for 10 years. Visit her online at: I want to Like on Facebook. I want to follow on Twitter.

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