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EA problems - what to do?

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  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
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    Pay the £3 and find out who owns the property.

    Estate agents have now got to belong to a redress scheme.
    Put your offer in writing to the estate agents and send a copy to the owner

    Complain to the redress scheme if they do not pass on your offer
  • always_sunny
    always_sunny Posts: 8,314 Forumite
    alchemist.1 wrote: »
    I imagine they have an acceptable offer. Probably higher than your own. EA's run after the sale not the person.

    There's no offer (I know of), I am trying to organise a second viewing!

    But I guess that because I told them I will not use their FA advisor, they rather pass on!
    I would have thought most don't use in-house FA so they should be used to it!
    EU expat working in London
  • alchemist.1
    alchemist.1 Posts: 860 Forumite
    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    In that case by that logic, they'd have said the offer wasn't high enough, to see if they could get a higher one.

    Why would they?
    Acceptable offer - Check
    Proceedable buyer - Check
    Referral target for broker - Check
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    always_sunny wrote: »
    I would have thought most don't use in-house FA so they should be used to it!

    Oh you'd be so shockingly surprised....
  • Wilma33
    Wilma33 Posts: 681 Forumite
    Are they a member of The National Association of Estate Agents or similar? Report them (and write to owner direct).
  • AnotherJoe
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    alchemist.1 wrote: »
    Why would they?
    Acceptable offer - Check
    Proceedable buyer - Check
    Referral target for broker - Check

    Sorry I misread completely I thought you'd written that the OPs offer wasn't high enough. My bad entirely.

    But in that case isn't there usually a mantra here that EAs invent other bids ? So why are they not saying that there's a bid of X and you need to beat it ?
    It's still pretty poor behaviour even if it's as you say, why not say "under offer "?
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    always_sunny wrote: »
    After seeing a flat I liked they were forcing me to use their FA and I said no...


    Any advice?

    Didn't mean you'd have to do business with them. At least establish you weren't a timewaster. Over the years encountered plenty as a seller.
  • alchemist.1
    alchemist.1 Posts: 860 Forumite
    AnotherJoe wrote: »
    Sorry I misread completely I thought you'd written that the OPs offer wasn't high enough. My bad entirely.

    But in that case isn't there usually a mantra here that EAs invent other bids     ? So why are they not saying that there's a bid of X and you need to beat it ?
    It's still pretty poor behaviour even if it's as you say, why not say "under offer "?

    I can only speak from my own experience. In a sellers market they dont need to make up offers. They dont need to worry about annoying a potential buyer as they have people queuing up.
  • always_sunny
    always_sunny Posts: 8,314 Forumite
    Thrugelmir wrote: »
    Didn't mean you'd have to do business with them. At least establish you weren't a timewaster. Over the years encountered plenty as a seller.

    I totally agree, that's why I offered them the number of my broker...
    It was either their FA or nothing really.
    EU expat working in London
  • dc197
    dc197 Posts: 812 Forumite
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    It's possible that they have another prospective buyer who's also selling with this EA and who is also interested in this flat. The EA could just be stalling to give the other "preferred" buyer a chance to view/offer.
    By preferred I mean that the agent would get two commissions for one small part of the chain and would be in better control of the sale of this flat.
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