Sold before we got a chance to view

imaginary_binary

Has anyone else come across this:

We see a house new on Rightmove, call the EA and book for the weekend. I ask if there are any other viewers/offers - told none.

The weather on the weekend is terrible so EA calls me to say let's redo next week (I work 9-5 so he can't do evenings).

Today I'm told someone has put an offer in, it's been accepted and the properties off the market.

Another property I was only just sent details of on Saturday: today it's got STC on it on Rightmove.

Am I doing something wrong???

Excited13

No you're not doing anything wrong but the market seems to be moving quickly where you are. Out of interest where are you?

vegasbaby100

We missed out on a house it came on rightmove we saw it in the evening first thing phoned to book a visit by lunch got told had to offers and one was accepted without viewing the property.
Wish we had done that now!

dotdash79

If you have the right house at the right price then it will move quickly.

Get friendly with agents in the area where you live let them know what you are after, what kind of deal you are willing to do. If you keep being friendly with them they will let you know about houses that are jsut about to go to market and get you in quick.

UKSBD

I had a similar thing happen to me last year, see this thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/48207493#Comment_48207493

House was put on market on Friday, 1 viewing on Saturday, taken off market on Monday and EA wouldn't even consider or put forward another offer.

The property was at least £20k less than I would have paid for it and I have since found out via Land Registry the people who bought it paid £13k below asking price.

Never did find if there was a connection between them and the EA it stinks though.

C_Mababejive

Maybe the time has come to slip a bung to your local EA?

imaginary_binary

The property was at least £20k less than I would have paid for it and I have since found out via Land Registry the people who bought it paid £13k below asking price.

Never did find if there was a connection between them and the EA it stinks though.

I would be gutted if that happened!

I'm in Birmingham and I'm calling around giving my details to local EA's but to be honest it amazes me that EA's don't allow others to view properties even in the slim chance that it'll push selling price further up.

agrinnall

Could be worse. I drove 70 miles to view a house on a Saturday, Monday everything was closed for a public holiday, Tuesday morning I asked my solicitor to register a note of interest (this is in Scotland) only to find that the seller had in the meantime agreed to sell it to someone else without even giving me or anyone else a chance to put in a bid. Waste of several hours of my time and several gallons of petrol.

hazyjo

Perfect house came on the market a few weeks ago. Took the EA number down to ring at lunch, but it had been viewed and an offer accepted all in the space of a morning!

Obviously wasn't meant to be... not much you can do about it. Something perfect will come along soon, I'm sure...

Jx

theGrinch

EA have favoured buyers. Often they will alert those buyers when they are making the valuation so they are ready to go. Missing out like this isnt unusual, especially in areas of strong demand or keen prices.

On the darker side, I have been twice refused a viewing on a property the day after it came to market where the price was way below the market norm. In both instances, there was probate involved and there was a requirement for EA to show advertising.

The first time, the property was "under offer" in the first week and all viewings refused for the next 5 months until sold.

DRP

UKSBD wrote: »

I had a similar thing happen to me last year, see this thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/48207493#Comment_48207493

House was put on market on Friday, 1 viewing on Saturday, taken off market on Monday and EA wouldn't even consider or put forward another offer.

The property was at least £20k less than I would have paid for it and I have since found out via Land Registry the people who bought it paid £13k below asking price.

Never did find if there was a connection between them and the EA it stinks though.

with the most popular houses around here, this happens a lot - it is often the EA or a developer in cahoots with the EA buying it.

We were very suspicious of the last house we offered on (lovely house, needed a lot of updating, no onward chain) as the EA clearly didn't want to even discuss or negotiate our offer with us.