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Selling worries
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Is you property realistically priced? Perhaps they are not bothering because they know it will get no interest.0
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I don't actually think that phoning the EA to enquire is odd at all. When we bought this house the EA for some reason wouldn't put up a sold sign or STC on the rightmove page either. The offered we'd had accepted was way below the original asking price so we presumed they were holding out for higher offers. I was very concerned so I made my DH call them as a potential buyer to view the property. Luckily they did say it was sold so he couldn't view and they couldn't send him the details.
Two weeks in a busy market and I could understand why the EA hadn't done much, but they must have so much time on their hands atm so I can see why they have posed as buyers. It has now afterall proved what they had been thinking - that the EA doesn't seem very interested in selling the property.
What's lucky about turning away someone who might have offered more?
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It was lucky for us because we were BUYING the house not selling it. The house had been priced a lot higher but we had almost £100k deposit and a mortgage offer ready to go. The only higher offers they had received were from people that had either only just gone on the market or were not even yet on the market.
Very good point about the price and the EA. That could well be why they aren't too bothered about spending precious money marketing fully, if they know you don't have a chance at that price.0 -
It was lucky for us because we were BUYING the house not selling it. The house had been priced a lot higher but we had almost £100k deposit and a mortgage offer ready to go. The only higher offers they had received were from people that had either only just gone on the market or were not even yet on the market.
Very good point about the price and the EA. That could well be why they aren't too bothered about spending precious money marketing fully, if they know you don't have a chance at that price.
*note to self* Read posts more carefully in future.:rotfl:
Don't think I'd have been too happy if I was the seller though.0
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