{"id":2939,"date":"2026-11-08T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/08\/earnest-money-explained\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T16:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T16:41:01","slug":"earnest-money-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/08\/earnest-money-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Earnest Money, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Earnest Money, Explained<br \/>\nWhat It Means: Earnest money is a deposit that shows a buyer\u2019s serious intent when making an offer on a home.<br \/>\nWhen It Returns: You may get earnest money back if a contract condition allows it; the purchase contract controls the details and deadlines.<br \/>\nReview Before Signing: In Dallas, Texas, ask your real estate agent to explain the earnest-money terms, contingencies and required dates in your contract. Message me to talk about your move.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earnest Money, Explained What It Means: Earnest money is a deposit that shows a buyer\u2019s serious intent when making an offer on a home. When It Returns: You may get earnest money back if a contract condition allows it; the purchase contract controls the details and deadlines. Review Before Signing: In Dallas, Texas, ask your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":2940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindymoseleyrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}