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would/should an estate agent tell you if theyve had a higher offer?
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The very same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. Made an offer, the EA didn't get back to me, kept me waiting obviously hoping that someone else would offer higher.
He came back to me on Friday. Told him to get lost. I won't be dealing with that agency again and I told him so.
It may have been that your offer was significantly below the asking price and they didn't feel it was worth considering - but it doesn't excuse their unprofessional behaviour though.Most people are working too hard to make really decent money:eek:0 -
Usually from my experience they giggle on the phone when you make a low offer, then they simply don't get back to you or they say that they've turned down higher offers than that. EAs are still living in a dream world hoping a miracle buyer will offer millions for a shoebox.0
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besonders1 wrote: »EAs are still living in a dream world hoping a miracle buyer will offer millions for a shoebox.
Sorry but in my experience it is usually their client - the seller - living in that dream world.A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.0 -
Take it you didn't really want the house then?
No, I was more than happy to buy the house. However I'm relatively good at judging a situation and the attitude of the agent set the tone for the rest of the transaction. I'm not going to spend thousands on surveys, solicitors etc etc if I'm not sure that the other party is 100% committed.
I'd advise anyone to do the same. There are a lot of houses out there, I can wait on my own terms but I'm not prepared to be kept waiting on other peoples. There's too much at stake, apart from the money I value my time too much to be messed around. But perhaps I'll put a letter through the vendor's door and offer directly, that's something to think about.0
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