Wednesday 28 August 2013 07.16 EDT First published on Wednesday 28 August 2013 07.16 EDT. Pho bÃ² usually contains two or more cuts of beef, often cooked brisket and raw slices of topside of beef, along with tendon. But in North Vietnam the soup only contains slices of raw beef.
Earnest money is usually between 1% and 3% of the home's purchase price. For a $400,000 home, earnest money may range between $4,000 and $12,000. The earnest money amount is usually included in the buyer's offer; buyers may try to make their bid seem more serious by offering more earnest money.
In very competitive markets 'the earnest' may represent a substantial portion of the completion cost. In the USA, between about 2000 and 2005 real estate purchase earnest money deposits reached about 5% of the sales price. In other situations, a significant token payment (equivalent to around one week or one month's salary) may be acceptable. (In the USA during 2008 typically $500 or $1000 was acceptable)