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Feeling Blindsided

TWIGLET1234 · 2020-07-17 20:43:58

My solicitor went to exchange today and was then told that the seller of our “no forward chain” purchase now has a related purchase and is not ready. Totally surprised and think it’s a bit off really as its not been mentioned until this late stage. Seller solicitor says that they are buying a property for cash and with no…

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Slinky Posts: 11,522 Forumite

20 July 2020 at 12:45PM

blue_max_3 said:

My place was sold to a developer who offered cash in two days. Took six months and they were late for completion by a week. Horrendous!

It sounded too good to be true, and it was.

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