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EA website lowers asking price between offers
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This week we made an inital offer for a house that was rejected. The estate agent told us that the vendors were looking for offers around £X. We said we'd discuss it and get back to them in a few days.
We are now ready to make a new offer - what we think is a fair price that we hope will satisfy everyone. But suddenly the estate agent's website has revised the asking price, down from what it was initially to £X (the price that the agent told us they might accept).
What can we make of this? Are the agents simply obliged to make public what they told us? Could we now try a lower second offer that we originally planned? Why would the agents publically lower the asking price when, as far as they know, they are about to receive a decent offer?
Thanks!
Introspective
This week we made an inital offer for a house that was rejected. The estate agent told us that the vendors were looking for offers around £X. We said we'd discuss it and get back to them in a few days.
We are now ready to make a new offer - what we think is a fair price that we hope will satisfy everyone. But suddenly the estate agent's website has revised the asking price, down from what it was initially to £X (the price that the agent told us they might accept).
What can we make of this? Are the agents simply obliged to make public what they told us? Could we now try a lower second offer that we originally planned? Why would the agents publically lower the asking price when, as far as they know, they are about to receive a decent offer?
Thanks!
Introspective
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All you can read into it is that the vendor has decided they'll accept £x rather than the previous asking price.
Offer them something close to £x and you may have a deal.0
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