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Offered asking price and seller still thinking

Charlottearundell · 2019-02-23 22:59:01

Hi, We saw a house today that we liked and decided to put an offer in. We put the full asking price of 250k as the area is fairly popular. We are first time buyers. The house has only been on sale for a week, it was previously on offer in October but the buyer pulled out due (supposedly nothing to do with surveyor etc) The…

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kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite

24 February 2019 at 6:17PM

Charlottearundell wrote: »

If someone has offered you full asking price and is first time buyer ready to move when supposedly youre in a rush to sell what more could you want...

As mentioned, the vendors may not have found another property to move to yet and be weighing up those options, knowing a FTB will help keep a chain short.

They may have an offer from a cash buyer but one that is slightly lower than asking price so weighing up those options, they may have other offers from people in diffferent positions either higher or lower, or may be waiting to hear back on a property they have offered on before accepting or declining.

A couple of days when talking hundreds of thousands of pounds is hardly messing anyone about.

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