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FTB pulled out

At the bottom of the chain the FTB has pulled out, damnit.

That is all.
Sealed pot challange no: 339

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  • andy.m_2
    andy.m_2 Posts: 1,521 Forumite
    yay, bottom of the chain reduced by 10k and sold that night.

    We're back on people!
    Sealed pot challange no: 339
  • greenhill
    greenhill Posts: 188 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Phew! It's stressful stuff, this house selling/buying. Glad it's sorted.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Maybe they only just realised/missed the Friday 23rd completion deadline to save on stamp duty.... then found they'd missed it so pulled out.

    Or, maybe they got scared - a lot do.

    Or, maybe they couldn't get the mortgage, or split up, or lost their jobs, or took out loans for 3 DFS sofas and had their mortgage withdrawn.

    FTBs are prone to all of these.
  • andy.m_2
    andy.m_2 Posts: 1,521 Forumite
    they claimed that the stamp holiday was a driving target, but only stated this 10 days beforehand, so we called their bluff and said we could complete on the 22nd, they then pulled out claiming family reasons, but waited a week before confirming this in writing.

    Fair play to the 2 below me, they pulled out all the stops to get it going again.
    Sealed pot challange no: 339
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