asking price

Imp

tek-monkey wrote: »

Ask for a viewing on another house with the same EA, at a slightly lower price.

and if they offer, say a 3.00pm viewing, say that they will have to be on time as you have another viewing at 3.30pm that you don't want to miss.

LandyAndy

overandout wrote: »

Because the house has only been on sale for 3 days, the vendor will think that since somebody is willing to offer the full asking price, maybe I'll find somebody else that can top it - hopefully start a bidding war?

You'll find that vendors are more willing to accept your offer/negotiate once they have been on the market a lot longer.

It would be a bold buyer who bid past the stamp duty threshold at £250k

LCK73

Mine did! I was very suprised (and pleased)

picardygirl

A house is our road has gone Sold STC and that was up for £270K .... i dont know yet what it is under offer for but a friend of a friend (in a offering position) offered £4k short of asking price and was outbid so whoever's offered was obviously willing to go above the £250k mark too .. it happens!

1echidna

We had a buyer on our road who offered on our house and a house up the road virtually at the same time. Fortunately the lines of communication with the other vendor were open and he was regarded as not a serious bidder. I think as a vendor I wouldn't bother to waste time on buyers indulging in some of the obvious ruses suggested here and wait for a straight forward buyer with less indication of causing trouble down the line.

Radsteral

Its an empty house, the lady has past away and 2 of her next to keen are the beneficiarys.

its a lovely house close to everything too, can afford to pay more but that will make me stretch and i wouldnt want to be slepless having not had an emergency summ on my saving account...buying to make my life better not a missery.
thanks, will drop by them and give them a day to consider- if not then f- it, after all i m willing to pay what they asked for so if thats not good enoug then good luck to them

Doozergirl

Radsteral wrote: »

Its an empty house, the lady has past away and 2 of her next to keen are the beneficiarys.

its a lovely house close to everything too, can afford to pay more but that will make me stretch and i wouldnt want to be slepless having not had an emergency summ on my saving account...buying to make my life better not a missery.
thanks, will drop by them and give them a day to consider- if not then f- it, after all i m willing to pay what they asked for so if thats not good enoug then good luck to them

I had a feeling it might be empty. Assume they've had other offers if you were keen enough to offer full asking price when it's brand new to market.

Have you checked what similar houses have sold for on the street?

tek-monkey

1echidna wrote: »

We had a buyer on our road who offered on our house and a house up the road virtually at the same time. Fortunately the lines of communication with the other vendor were open and he was regarded as not a serious bidder. I think as a vendor I wouldn't bother to waste time on buyers indulging in some of the obvious ruses suggested here and wait for a straight forward buyer with less indication of causing trouble down the line.

Can't see the problem myself. Offer one one, they don't say yes so you offer on another. Why should you wait? If they are allowed to take other offers, why can't you make other offers?

1echidna

tek-monkey wrote: »

Can't see the problem myself. Offer one one, they don't say yes so you offer on another. Why should you wait? If they are allowed to take other offers, why can't you make other offers?

I would always prefer a serious buyer who gave every indication of wanting the property, and no, once I had accepted his offer I would not (and in fact did not) accept a higher bid and I would select my buyer carefully on the basis that I had confidence he would do the same and stand by his offer. It worked for me and I had no shenanegans over price reductions for repairs, apparent on viewing, on what was a fairly old house.

tek-monkey

1echidna wrote: »

I would always prefer a serious buyer who gave every indication of wanting the property, and no, once I had accepted his offer I would not (and in fact did not) accept a higher bid and I would select my buyer carefully on the basis that I had confidence he would do the same and stand by his offer. It worked for me and I had no shenanegans over price reductions for repairs, apparent on viewing, on what was a fairly old house.

But if you haven't accepted, and are just waiting to see if you get better offers, why shouldn't they offer on other properties?