First and foremost do your research. Holt is not accredited by the BBB AND has a rating of F.
Terrible! We just lost my Dad and closed a chapter in our lives of caregiving for my parents for the previous 5 years and were looking for a fresh start for our family. We tried to purchase our dream home in May 2024. Put $10,000 in earnest money down as stipulated in their contract. We also put down $10,000 in money that wasn't optional for the upgrade selections of the home. We entered contract when market was stable, made repairs to our home, moved things to storage to list our home and had until November 15th to sell our home. During the time frame between May and November home sales slowed to a halt with interest rates on the rise and the upcoming election.
We dropped the price of our home by $60,000 to try to sell while they dropped the prices of all of their homes by $25,000 along with included upgrades and incentives to new buyers that were unavailable to us. They became our main competition and we reached out several times asking for help and offers to assist us in being able to further drop the price of our home and they offered only $15,000 for closing if we could even sell our house. We learned the hard way that if you come in without a realtor of your own they aren't willing to negotiate at all! Pretty sad when we saved them $21,000 up front by not having to pay our realtor. November 15th came quickly and they wanted $3,000 more from us to extend our contract with no added help in a still unstable market and in the middle of the holiday season when home sales are always at an all time low. Needless to say we didn't have $3,000 more to put down and were already looking at losing $20,000 due to their very unethical contracts and upgrade fees. Not only have we struggled tremendously financially during this time and become unable to pay our bills on time if at all, but the holiday season was less than joyful as we've suffered through this situation and are trying to get back on our feet again after no resolve to an unethical company in Holt Homes who stand on their advertising as trusted. We did everything right and had our home immaculate for selling and they have no problem burying us in financial debt and struggles while keeping our $20,000 and the price of the home we were to buy at the same price. They also did this to our neighbors. All we have is regrets. This is a company that believes they thrive on integrity and Christian values and tout trust. Thanks Holt for robbing us blind. read more