Advice - first time buyers - viewing & offers

Mickygg

OP ignore whatever crashy posts as he is a house price crash troll

GingerFurball_2

ReadingTim wrote: »

I'd suggest you want to be making aprox 3 offers in total:

1. a low, but credible opening offer.
2. a middle offer which is substantially there in terms of what you're willing and able to pay
3. a final offer, a little above the 2nd, and preferably some random number which gives the impression you've raided every piggy bank and looked down the back of every sofa you've got to stump up the cash

Bear in mind that while every buyer thinks they overpaid for a property, every seller thinks they undersold it - the reality is usually somewhere in the middle. Don't get hung up about not paying the full asking price (or even over it) or get stuck on a point of principle if you're only a few thousand adrift in terms of agreeing a price: the enjoyment of living somewhere remains long after the purchase price fades...

While you're mucking around with your offers the house just sold to someone else who's offered something more in the seller's ballpark.

gettingtheresometime

I'm just wondering if the seller's think that, should the sale not go through & the buyers contact you direct, they'll be saving themselves some EA fees.

If that's the case, whilst not your problem, wouldn't they potentially be opening up a whole can of worms?

littlemissrach

Hi gettingsomewhere, what can of worms would it open for them? It's nothing I need to worry about?

Davesnave

littlemissrach wrote: »

? It's nothing I need to worry about?

Not really your concern, IMO. They might believe all kinds of things, but you aren't responsible for that.

You've already made your connection with the agent clear.