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Flat buying - seller turning nasty
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ghekko well done m8 i am very pleased for you, in a few months you will be saying a little prayer for the day you came on here and asked the question. i believe you have saved yourself a little fortune....enjoyIt is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
ghekkomanic wrote: »
Anyway, yesterday I offered £5k less. Today the seller pulled out (she is putting the flat back on the market and is sure she will get the asking price. Good luck to her frankly) as I suspected she would.
Well she needs to get a move on.......that service charge isn't going to pay itself.
She's also going to lose her other property as the sellers there are not going to wait forever for her to get the money together either. I personally think she's going to struggle now going into Christmas and New Year. People have better things to do than look for property."One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
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Ring the estate agent and tell the buyer you now accept their reduced offer. Do this quickly, bite their hand off before they change their mind.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Well done for making a tough decision. Life's not easy sometimes but most people will be saying you did the right thing.
As for the vendor getting full asking price in the future...you must be having a laugh. She's lost any chance she had at selling at that price.
The halifax have said today prices have dropped for the last three months, 2.3% and are down 1.1% this month. December might be a BIG drop.
She'll be desperate in a month and the agent will be calling you to say she's now decided to accept your offer...that's the point you can offer another 10K less, then another.
Check out the sold price on rightmove in a couple of years...she might have sold it by then.
The interest rates might be a lot lower too when you find a decent place to buy.
Good luck.0 -
If people think prices will drop they will - its a self-fullfilling prophecy !
cheers
simharNo Links in Signatures by Site Rules - MSE Forum Team 20 -
Look, it's no longer "under offer"
http://www.bairstoweves.co.uk/blc/property-details.php?pcode=LEY070282&dbtype=&rps=BLC_RPS&pamend=1187353854
That was quick. Personally I'll be keeping an eye on it to see how many months it takes to sell.0 -
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wonder if shes scooping the seafood out from under the floorboards as we speak?!:rotfl:You may walk and you may run
You leave your footprints all around the sun
And every time the storm and the soul wars come
You just keep on walking0 -
ghekkomanic
Want me to 'fall in lurve with the flat'
and then
you know ....... the credit crunch and all that0
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