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Thrugelmir said:You set the deadline. Tell the EA a date and say if not by then I'm out. Cite the mortgage expiry as a reason. Focus the attention of the person at the top. Play hardball in a polite but firm manner.This is what we’re trying, we’ve set a firm deadline but will apply for the mortgage extension anyway and just not tell anyone (until we have to). As far as EA is concerned this is a hard deadline and we no longer have a mortgage offer after that. Now obviously he’s not an idiot, and neither are the other vendors, so they will know an extension is an option, but we hope the pressure will still help.2 weeks after our ‘hard deadline’ the stamp duty holiday deadline hits, which I imagine is everyone else’s ‘hard deadline’ so pressure from the whole chain will be focussed to the top, so I’m really hoping this won’t last much longer.1
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Can't offer much help, but I can definitely sympathise. Been trying to buy since July and just been hit with so much bad luck along the way. Can definitely relate to the feeling of just wanting a win for once.0
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