How to get your offer accepted as a cash buyer and still finance.
How to get your offer accepted as a cash buyer and still finance.
Welcome to the modern bridge loan.Cash offers have no home-sale, financing or appraisal contingencies and are 3x more likely to win.
Write a cash offer the moment it hits the market. You’ll know where you’re moving before listing your current home.
With your next home secured and closed, you can list your existing home right away or take the time to list at your own convenience, up to 5 months from closing.
Buy in cash, sell on your terms
Trying to coordinate buying and selling a home at the same time can be overwhelming and stressful. With Ribbon and The Richard Woodward Team, you can buy your new home first and gain valuable time to sell your current home at the best price.
Cash solutions for every situation
Ribbon Boost
*1%
Ribbon backs your offer with cash and appraisal protection to make it stronger. If you secure your financing on time, great! If not, Ribbon will reserve the home and sell it back to you for the same price.
Secure your next home then list your existing one. Time the purchase and sale closings knowing that Ribbon can step in if something goes wrong.
Use Ribbon to remove financial and home sale contingencies and win your dream home.
Ribbon Reserve
*2.0 – 2.75% + rent
Ribbon will buy your next home for you and sell it back to you for the same price. You can move in right away and sell your existing home at your convenience.
- Closing fast
- Ribbon can close within 14 business days. Reserve your next home with Ribbon, move in immediately, and get up to 6 months to secure financing.
- Buyers who need to sell first
- Use Ribbon to reserve your next home, move in immediately, and get up to 6 months to sell your existing home for max value.
How it works
See an overview of how Ribbon Cash Offers work
See how much we can back your buyer with cash.
Make a powerful all cash offer with Ribbon’s backing.
Closing and commission are guaranteed once the inspection period ends.
Ribbon purchases the home and reserves it for your client if financing isn’t secured.
The buyer only pays for the days they need and gets up to 180 days to secure financing and buy the home back.
The buyer buys the home back from Ribbon at the original contract price with financing from The Richard Woodward Mortgage Team
Here’s what happens at each step of the way
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- Upload the buyer’s pre-approval to the Ribbon platform.
- Once our team confirms details with the loan officer, we will back the buyer with Ribbon cash up to the pre-approval amount.
- When a prospective home has been identified, add it to the platform and we’ll provide you with a home valuation from our internal team. This is the maximum amount of cash that Ribbon will provide, based on the home value.
- We’ll also tell you how much the pro-rated rent costs would be if Ribbon was to reserve the home on behalf of your client.
- This process usually takes less than 24 hours. In a hurry? Expedite your request by speaking directly with your Ribbon representative.
- Ensure your buyer has signed the Program Agreement and understands Ribbon’s offering.
- The Ribbon Fee is written into the contract and can be split between buyer deposits and seller paid closing costs.
- The power of the Ribbon closing guarantee comes in the form of the Ribbon Offer Addendum. It acts like a contract assignment, ensuring that if your buyer can’t close by closing day, Ribbon will step in to buy the home.
- The Ribbon Offer Addendum also waives all financial and home sale contingencies and includes Appraisal Protection where we allow the buyer to waive the appraisal up to the Ribbon Maximum Value.
- Work with your Ribbon specialist to craft the best offer for your buyer. Ribbon’s online software makes completing the offer and sending for signatures seamless.
- Once your buyer has signed, quickly send your offer to the listing agent directly through our platform, inclusive of the offer, Ribbon Offer Addendum and Ribbon Cover Letter that details the value of a Ribbon Cash Offer to the listing agent and seller.
- In order for the buyer to close with their own financing, make sure you choose a closing date that gives you enough time.
- Close in as few as 14 business days.
- Congratulations! Your buyer’s offer has been accepted.
- Ribbon guarantees the sale following an acceptable inspection and may require repairs that affect the safety and structural soundness of the home.
- Once the inspection period is over, the home is guaranteed to close
- Order the inspection
- Kick off the financing process by ordering the appraisal. Ribbon will guarantee the appraisal value up to our Ribbon Max Value
- If your client is unable to close on closing day, Ribbon will purchase the home on the buyer’s behalf
- Order the inspection
- Work through the closing process with your dedicated Ribbon Transaction Coordinator
- Your client moves in and has 180 days to purchase the home back from Ribbon at the same price we originally paid
- If financing is secured by closing day, great! Your buyer will close as normal.
- 1% of the deposits will go to Ribbon to pay for our fee and the rest will be applied as a credit the buyer at closing.
- If financing isn’t secured (or you chose the Ribbon Reserve solution), then Ribbon will purchase the home.
- Ribbon pays all customary buyer-paid closing costs when we purchase the home and the buyer pays closing costs when they repurchase from us
- Ribbon will complete the closing process and your client is able to move in once we’re on record!
- If Ribbon purchased the home on your client’s behalf, your client will have up to 180 days to secure financing and repurchase the home at the same price we originally paid.
- Your client will only pay for the days they need with rent prorated to the day.
- Congratulations! Your buyer now owns their dream home!
- The buyer will pay customary closing costs.
