Mixed bag with me.  I recently escalated a claim to the Office of the President of a home warranty company.  Heads started to spin and they paid the claim! 

It's standard protocol in my area for buyers to request seller provide a 1 year warranty, and sellers do.

I have never met a warranty that was worth the paper it was written on, I certainly would not have paid for one for this long.

     They get tacked onto most sales here.  I've got stories, too.  Some good stories, some not so good stories.

Rarely see a sale without them. I love them. They save my clients a ton of money (and me, as well), on my own house.

They have served me well in the past!

I do not recommend them. Once upon a time they were good but now with the lowest common denominator service people and denial off full replacement costs, I think it is better to go direct.

100% unless waived by buyer (very rare outside of investors).  I've had very good results with them, just depends on the company and the sales rep behind them!  I do a fair amount of business with primarily one company.  That rep bends over backwards to help me resolve issues for my clients.  That's why I keep using them.

We got a home warranty on the home we bought this year. The oven would not pre-heat, so we called them up. They came out 3 times, and still could not fix it. The offered to replace it with a like model. We looked up that model and it was listed for $1099. Siince we wanted to upgrade, we asked them to give us the cash instead. They gave us a check for $600, and when we questioned it, they said "oh, we don't pay those prices"

For rental properties, home warranties are essentially WORTHLESS. Time is SO of the essence, and management needs to have maintenance guys at the ready to handle ESPECIALLY HVAC issues (in my area, huuuuge) and anything else that would impact habitability. Like, yesterday.
Waiting for the contractor to get back to you in 24-48 business hours, then they come up, assess, wait forever for authorization, then they need to go back out for parts and another 24-48 . . . it just creates too many problems that should have been solved.
For an owner-occupied residence . . . well . . . I am glad to have always had them. I am running out of companies to fire, though. LOL

They are pretty stnadard here... I recommend them, they are great when they pay and I often find the little loop holes for what they don't want to pay on is aggravating

In Dallas it's common for buyers to ask for home warranty coverage from sellers.  I have a personal experience with one and am not very happy with it.  That doesn't mean all home warranties are bad, though. 

Not to prevelant in my case. Our office requires us to offer it.

Moderately popular here.

I see very few bought.  Very few used and about half had to argue with them

Love or Hate? Too strong...I refer them, yes.

The buyer/seller says yes or no, no skin off me either way. I think they are good idea when you use AHS.

The sellers paid for a home warranty when we closed on this house 12/20/16.  We paid a little extra to get the upgraded warranty.  We have had four claims since February.  As a result of the first claim, we got a new refrigerator; and the one in this house was not very old, I guess it was just a lemon!  My answer is a resounding yes especially if the house has any age to it.

In our area, it's tough to get contractors who will service our area.  I think it's a false sense of security, a waste of money but then again you do hear stories where it saved the consumer a ton of cash.  

Pretty standard practice here that Seller pays for a one year warranty, has saved my clients many dollars over the years. A couple of glitches that required intervention but claims were paid.  Some are better than others and some are downright worthless, good to have a Sales Manager to contact, give them enough business and things get worked out rather quickly in my experience.

I agree, they are all not rely-able. I had few rejections as well.....But usually Seller pay for 1-2 years of home warranty, a local custom. 

They have little impact in our current market.

Christine Kankowski North SD and Temecula It has been customary here for the seller to provide a home warranty.

They work psychologically & physically  do more good than harm

I probably do 2 a year or so. Mostly for homes around 20 years old with an original furnace & AC system. Most buyers are afraid of the big ticket items so this gives peace of mind. Is it 'good' peace of mind? Maybe not.

I offer them if needed. What do you mean rejected? I've never had an app get rejected on a home.

not very common in my market and I find them mostly worthless

Some sellers offer them, but I don't push them myself.

It is very standard in our market.

I think they are overrated and losing their appeal. Some sellers still offer them though, and some buyers still request them. Sellers can activate them at beginning of the listing so they are covered during the listing period. That worked well for me once when a seller with little money had his heat pump go bad during the listing. The warranty company replaced it for a fraction of what ti would have cost if we hadn't activated the warranty at start of listing.

worthless...

Eve

the team members promote their use... .... 

Not sure how actually practical they are. The manager in my very first brokerage strongly encouraged all the agents to buy them for prospective listing clients as an incentive to list with them. Not sure anyone did; I did not.

We have had great experiences.

Still quite prevalent as far as I know. 

For sellers I do not even provide a warranty. Inform them everything has been checked out. I have several other buyers offers on my desk who did not ask for anything. For buyers I may toss one to avoid getting calls. I often tell them they have a choice cash and a list of handyman.

None of our vendors will honor them... they arent worth the money here... 

Wow 26 years, my dishwasher is only 11 years old and I am replacing it already.

We see them on occasion, and usually with first timers that have no money for repairs, and their parents have told them they should have them.   I have seen many not pay out anything or little to nothing.

I recommend them.

I hear of them occasionally during sales but see very few of them in action.

We place a Seller's Home Warranty from Old Republic on all of our listings - most recently they paid for $1,500 of repairs prior to close of escrow!

I'm not a fan of home warranties.  It is not prevalent in my area, but some Realtors offer them.

i use them, always do, and they may not be more than the paper they are written on, but they are a good sales and closing tool

The vendors and services that are contracted are the worst in most cases.  I’m always calling our rep who gets the job done for clients but it’s just a nuisance. 

I believe in them and offer them as an option to my clients. When I am selling my properties I include one for the buyer.