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by krampian 3822 days ago
Things tend to go faster with cash buyers. In particular, no risk the bank will decline them for a mortgage. I suppose there's less difference if they're preapproved.
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Even preapprovals can fall through as the bank can decline to fund when they see the home in question or the valuation comes in lower than the sale price.

In a hot market cash is king as it removes 2 of 3 most common contingencies people have. For the seller this is two less weeks where things can fall through.