An escalation clause is one in which a prospective buyer expresses their willingness to pay a specific amount more than the highest competing buyer. An escalation clause is essentially a clause that you add to the contract either to your original contract or to a potential counter offer.Our view is it's likely that a contract containing a properly-drafted escalation clause would be found to be legally enforceable in North Carolina. An escalation clause is "whatever the highest offer is I'll pay you more. " It presumes that price is literally the only thing that matters. An escalation clause is an addendum to an offer on a property, stating a buyer's willingness to increase their bid if the seller receives a competing offer. An escalation clause is a real estate contract, sometimes called an escalator, that lets a home buyer say: "I will pay X price for this home. The Escalation Addendum is designed to automatically increase a buyer's offer to outbid competing offers, up to a specified maximum price. An escalation clause is used in a Northern Virginia real estate contract when there is a lot of interest from other buyers in a certain property.