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Buyers that pulled out - what are they up to?

kiddakidda
kiddakidda Posts: 310 Forumite
edited 27 October 2014 at 10:46PM in House buying, renting & selling
Our house sale fell through about 4 weeks ago (buyers pulled out just before exchange). Although upset, angry and feeling let down we moved on and found new buyers about 10 days ago.

Today a letter hit our doormat that initially my partner did not check the name is was addressed to.

Long story short it was addressed to one of our former buyers regarding a student loan application.

We are furious to say the least :mad:

Thoughts / comments ??

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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,003 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    Mark it "not known at this address, return to sender" - that should delay their application.

    It is a very odd time of year to be doing a student loan application.

    We had a buyer who used our address for a school application. They got into sufficient trouble when found out by the above action.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • Cheers!

    I suppose I'm just hoping it doesn't affect Mine or partners credit situations? That is probably our main concern.
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 50,003 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    It won't, credit records haven't been linked by address for years.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • Sweet!!

    The Mrs and I will be as mad as a bag of baboons if our purchase goes belly up due to this.
    silvercar wrote: »
    It won't, credit records haven't been linked by address for years.
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