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As a buyer, you never have to respond to a seller's counter offer. Again, usually people do give responses, but you aren't required to do so, particularly if you lost interest in the home. If you let the expiration date and time pass, the counter offer is considered rejected.

If a seller wants to make changes to an offer they received from a buyer, the counter offer typically changes: 1) the sale price, 2) the timeline (for financing and/or the closing date), 3) inspection requirements, and/or. 4) the ?conditional? agreements within the offer.

When a counter offer is accepted in a real estate deal, the buyer and the seller sign a contract spelling out the terms both parties have agreed to. For example, if a home is listed for $300,000, but after a series of counter offers, both parties agree to a sale price of $285,000, that's the number in the contract.

A land contract is an agreement between the owner of the property and the buyer that facilitates the sale of the property or vacant land without a traditional mortgage. Basically, the buyer and seller would work out the terms, like interest rate and payment schedule, and payments go directly to the owner or seller.

For example, a seller wants to sell a vehicle for $20,000. A buyer arrives and offers $15,000 for the vehicle. The offeror provides a counteroffer, asking for $16,000 with the objective of obtaining a higher price.

An offer made in response to a previous offer by the other party during negotiations for a final contract. Making a counter offer automatically rejects the prior offer, and requires an acceptance under the terms of the counter offer or there is no contract.