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Vendor has taken house off market

Charliezoo
Charliezoo Posts: 1,732 Forumite
edited 13 September 2010 at 9:51PM in House buying, renting & selling
Hi,

I'm certainly not complaining, this is great news for us as buyers - we had an offer accepted on a house last week and the sellers took it off the market immediately. We even received a letter from the agent stating that their 'client had requested that they discontinue active marketing of the property'. We didn't ask them to take it off the Market when we put in the offer.

Purely out of interest, why would a seller do this? We were expecting the vendors to take it off the Market after the survey and were very surprised to receive the letter. I can't see what they'd gain from doing this, but I'm certainly pretty happy about it :)

Comments

  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    They're good people.

    Most people do this tbh.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • Cissi
    Cissi Posts: 1,131 Forumite
    Charliezoo wrote: »
    We didn't ask them to take it off the Market when we put in the offer.

    Why on earth not????
  • Charliezoo
    Charliezoo Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    Cissi wrote: »
    Why on earth not????

    We we going to ask them to take it off the market as soon as the survey came back okay, that's what we did when we sold our house and it seemed fairest for everyone.
  • shabby_chic
    shabby_chic Posts: 83 Forumite
    Maybe they want a break from viewings so willing to see how things progress with the offer they have received.
    Our buyer did request we did this when making 2nd offer but I was more than happy too do so as I welcomed not having to show anyone round for a while.
  • Thrifter_2
    Thrifter_2 Posts: 50 Forumite
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    they probably know what you're going through
  • mudshark
    mudshark Posts: 47 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    TBH when an offer is accepted you should ask for the house to be taken off the market to remove any doubt.
  • Hailstorm
    Hailstorm Posts: 209 Forumite
    MadnessOfHPC wrote: »
    Housing is a passionate subject, just check out the ghouls over on HPC for that confirmation. So you need to start thinking with your heart and counter back with a higher offer to secure that house.

    Good luck.

    Why should they think about increasing their offer when it has been accepted?
  • bitsandpieces
    bitsandpieces Posts: 1,736 Forumite
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    Hailstorm wrote: »
    Why should they think about increasing their offer when it has been accepted?

    And the house taken off the market. Though I'm sure the vendors would be delighted if they Charliezoo did offer them extra money :rotfl:
  • Charliezoo
    Charliezoo Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    MadnessOfHPC wrote: »
    Housing is a passionate subject, just check out the ghouls over on HPC for that confirmation. So you need to start thinking with your heart and counter back with a higher offer to secure that house.

    Good luck.

    Errrr....I'm confused!
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