House sale hidden

Sheela27

My house was recently STC / Under Offer - survey done, conveyancing in process etc. It disappeared some time after 'for sale' on RM and EA's website unlike all other properties they have listed (under any circumstances - for sale, SSTC, under offer, sold). My property is being sold to an investor and when I previously queried why it was not listed I was told 'the buyer has spent a lot of money on a survey'. Well, who doesn't. Looking at similar properties just on the market, one 3 bed semi detached in run down state nearby has been put up for sale for £20k more than my 3-4 bed detached and is now under offer though same EA (for possibly less than the advertised price though). I fear I may be under selling through an EA who has ring fenced my property. I would love my mind to be put at ease, but I am unsure. I am still looking for a property to move to myself as my original purchase fell through.

pleasedelete

Get a few more agents round to value it.

Tigsteroonie

Are you thinking that if it were still being advertised, then someone might come along and encourage you to gazump your investor buyer?

You are the seller and ultimately will be paying the EA fees. If that is what you want to happen, then surely you can insist that they continue to advertise it but with a STC label?

anselld

Sheela27 wrote: »

I fear I may be under selling through an EA who has ring fenced my property. I would love my mind to be put at ease, but I am unsure. I am still looking for a property to move to myself as my original purchase fell through.

You were presumably happy with the offer when you accepted it.

You can ask the agent to re-market at any time you like if you are now not happy with the offer. However, given that you have not found somewhere to move to I would guess there is a fair chance your buyer would withdraw.

Cakeguts

I think you have read something into what the estate agent said that is not actually there. It is common for houses to be taken off the market when someone starts to spend money on buying them so spending money on a survey would suggest that the buyer is serious. If the buy is serious why are you worried about it not still being on the market? An asking price of 20K more does not mean that it will sell for 20K more. A house is only worth what someone will pay you for it. You have accepted an offer. It looks as if the sale will go through. Do you want to put the house back on the market in the hope that someone may offer more than the accepted offer? Even if someone does that there is no guarantee that they will buy the house. So what do you want to do?