{"id":13759,"date":"2026-06-04T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=13759"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:07:14","slug":"buyer-how-to-make-an-offer-on-a-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/buyer-how-to-make-an-offer-on-a-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make an Offer on a House That the Seller Is Going to Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While your home shopping journey technically started with getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/difference-between-mortgage-prequalification-preapproval\/\">preapproved for a mortgage<\/a> and looking at houses, it often doesn\u2019t feel official until your agent submits an offer. 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