In cash meaning you don’t make the offer contingent on financing, and you can document the sources of payment (balance sheet, statement from bank or accountant, etc).
Even if you get the mortgage, it's the same as cash to the seller. The bank just cut's them a check right away. The mortgage is between the bank and the buyer.
>>Even if you get the mortgage, it's the same as cash to the seller.
Not really, pay in 'cash' and you can close in days, pay with a mortgage and it might take weeks to months. Sellers always prefer cash buyers if they are in a hurry to sell.
No. In the US standard housing purchase agreements are drawn up contingent on financing - and standard bank financing has a lot of hoops and procedure to go through - it usually takes at least a month and of course it may fall through. During that time the seller is basically sitting on their ass and can’t advertise the property.
An all cash deal means the seller does not have to wait once the parties have a mutual purchase agreement.
Sure if everything works out then the seller gets the same, but there are many more reasons a financed offer will fall through versus an all-cash offer.
I just bought a house in cash, the seller wasn't willing to accept any non-cash offers. With a cash offer the seller and buyer can close in a significantly shorter amount of time than with a mortgage.
Who buys a house in cash? You mean literal suitcases of dollar bills?
Or do you just mean something like a bank transfer? What other ways are there to buy something?