Not necessarily. Particularly in the case of bank owned properties, we are seeing more cases in which the seller (bank) instructs the listing agent to only submit offers that meet certain criteria such as price range, closing time frames, and the utilization of special addenda.
As lenders continue to wrestle with the overwhelming demands and requirements to process the rising number of foreclosures nationwide, this will likely become more commonplace.
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