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Is it OK to ask to buy a property?
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stressederic wrote: »
A 2 bed came up in October for £70k and I'm sure it's sold (I am checking on this) and another exact one has come up this week for £80k. Any speculation about why there is such a price change?
Well, it could be lots of things, but most important is whether you know what the last one actually sold for? You say it "came up" at £70K, but if that was the asking price then it could have sold for more or less than that. The EA for the new one will certainly know the sold price and may be hoping that pitching a higher price will work to get the sellers a bit more than the last ones got (and at the same time make themselves more commission of course
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We get them all the time both from Estate agents and individuals. We are not interested so just file under B for bin. However if we were looking to sell then would consider.
One thing is to check your social media profiles though our neighbour got one was thinking of selling. Googled the name and was not impressed by what he saw. Decided not to sell to that person there and then! Guess that could have happenned with a sale through estate agents but he only googled as he hadn't met them. Doubt he would have if he had.0 -
I think you are well within your rights to do so. Estate agents clean up on people like you and I who want to purchase a property.
We very nearly bought a flat privately from someone that lived in the same block as one we went to view with an agent. It didnt quite work out and we ended up with another flat entirely, but it was so nice to be able to have a genuine chat with the owner, and on top of all that you both save on the agency fees etc!
My advice is go for it, what have you got to lose?!0
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