# Earnest money vs due diligence: NC Due Diligence Fee

> The NC Due Diligence Fee carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 14 to 25 day, read 12 October 2026.

Sell My Business Quotes · https://sellmybusinessquotes.com/datasets/nc-due-diligence-fee/ · computed 2026-10-21

**Range of the published figures:** 14 to 25 day (range 14 to 25 day; 3 published figures; 3 of 9 sources read publish one).

3 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By price band

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| price band $400,000-$700,000 | 5,000 USD | 5,000 to 5,000 USD | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Brandon Yopp, what is the NC due diligence fee](https://brandonyopp.com/blog/what-is-the-nc-due-diligence-fee-what-triangle-buyers-need-to-know/) | 5,000 USD | $400,000-$700,000 | 2026-10-12 |
| [Brandon Yopp, what is the NC due diligence fee](https://brandonyopp.com/blog/what-is-the-nc-due-diligence-fee-what-triangle-buyers-need-to-know/) | 25 day |  | 2026-10-12 |
| [Timm Clarke, what is due diligence in North Carolina](https://www.timmclarke.com/nc-transactions/what-is-due-diligence-in-north-carolina) | 21 day |  | 2026-10-12 |
| [Crumpler Realty Group, due diligence vs earnest money in NC](https://crumplerrealtygroup.com/blog/due-diligence-vs-earnest-money-in-nc-explained) | 14 day |  | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [Brandon Yopp, what is the NC due diligence fee](https://brandonyopp.com/blog/what-is-the-nc-due-diligence-fee-what-triangle-buyers-need-to-know/), read 2026-10-12: "In today’s market, $2,500 to $5,000 covers most single-family home purchases in the $400,000 to $700,000 range unless it is a competitive situation."
- [Brandon Yopp, what is the NC due diligence fee](https://brandonyopp.com/blog/what-is-the-nc-due-diligence-fee-what-triangle-buyers-need-to-know/), read 2026-10-12: "In the Triangle market, most buyers request 14 to 25 days."
- [Timm Clarke, what is due diligence in North Carolina](https://www.timmclarke.com/nc-transactions/what-is-due-diligence-in-north-carolina), read 2026-10-12: "The standard due diligence period is typically 14-21 days."
- [Crumpler Realty Group, due diligence vs earnest money in NC](https://crumplerrealtygroup.com/blog/due-diligence-vs-earnest-money-in-nc-explained), read 2026-10-12: "Due diligence period: commonly 3 to 14 days."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [NCREC Bulletin, due diligence questions and answers](https://bulletins.ncrec.gov/due-diligence-questions-and-answers/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [North Carolina Real Estate Commission](https://www.ncrec.gov/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [NC REALTORS](https://www.ncrealtors.org/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Timm Clarke, earnest money in North Carolina](https://www.timmclarke.com/nc-transactions/earnest-money-in-north-carolina), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [NC Pro Realty, due diligence and earnest money](https://www.ncprorealty.com/due-diligence-and-earnest-money/), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Good Fortune Homes, North Carolina due diligence fee explained](https://goodfortunehomes.com/blog/north-carolina-due-diligence-fee-explained), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 9 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 6 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 54 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the two payments set side by side as the standard contract defines them - who holds each, when each is paid, which is refundable and on what event - and then the figure the contract does not set: the customary due diligence fee and earnest money deposit as amounts and as a percentage of price, by North Carolina market and by month, derived from the brokerages that publish their own market's customary range, beside the due diligence PERIOD length (the reads already show published customs of 3-14, 5-25 and 14-30 days in different markets, which is the disagreement worth measuring). The law fixes the mechanism; the market fixes the number, and nobody publishes the number by market over time.

## Sources

- [NCREC Bulletin, due diligence questions and answers](https://bulletins.ncrec.gov/due-diligence-questions-and-answers/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [North Carolina Real Estate Commission](https://www.ncrec.gov/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NC REALTORS](https://www.ncrealtors.org/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Crumpler Realty Group, due diligence vs earnest money in NC](https://crumplerrealtygroup.com/blog/due-diligence-vs-earnest-money-in-nc-explained) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Brandon Yopp, what is the NC due diligence fee](https://brandonyopp.com/blog/what-is-the-nc-due-diligence-fee-what-triangle-buyers-need-to-know/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Timm Clarke, what is due diligence in North Carolina](https://www.timmclarke.com/nc-transactions/what-is-due-diligence-in-north-carolina) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Timm Clarke, earnest money in North Carolina](https://www.timmclarke.com/nc-transactions/earnest-money-in-north-carolina) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NC Pro Realty, due diligence and earnest money](https://www.ncprorealty.com/due-diligence-and-earnest-money/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Good Fortune Homes, North Carolina due diligence fee explained](https://goodfortunehomes.com/blog/north-carolina-due-diligence-fee-explained) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 93A (Real Estate License Law)](https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_93A.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Raleigh Realty, due diligence and earnest money](https://raleighrealty.com/blog/due-diligence-earnest-money) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The NC Due Diligence Fee carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 14 to 25 day, read 12 October 2026.
- 3 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 6 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- NC Due Diligence Fee, price band $400,000-$700,000: median 5,000 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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