If new buyers fail to close escrow, do the home owners get their deposit?
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I work for a homebuilder. If a buyer does not keep his sales contract, the seller gets the deposit.
I work in the accounting department. I have seen people lose $20,000 or more in earnest money. I feel like screaming, how can anyone afford to lose that much money.
The sad thing is, this is very common.
Other answers:
yes
yes
Yes they are supposed to.
Usually, unless they were turned down for a mortgage loan.
It usually depends on the purchase contract, see what the contract says. Is there a contingency? It is recommended you run this by an attorney. And it may be State specific, so you should not accept any one answer here as correct, it may depend on your State law in conjunction with the purchase contract.
Yes