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Out of curiosity - another timeline query

clairelourow
clairelourow Posts: 16 Forumite
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in House buying, renting & selling
Hi all,

Just wondering out of curiosity how long everyone waited for their sellers to find an onward purchase?  Our offer was accepted 03/04 and our sellers are still looking.  We don't mind, just looking for other peoples experiences too.

Thanks

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  • Philomel
    Philomel Posts: 55 Forumite
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    idk how useful this is but we only waited a couple of weeks for our sellers to find somewhere; they had already got a couple of properties in mind when we offered and they went back for second viewings, offered on one and were accepted. this was back in feb/march and everyone was wanting to get in before stamp duty holiday (we did) so that probably motivated them to get a move on!
  • clairelourow
    clairelourow Posts: 16 Forumite
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    @Philomel thank you, we thought when it was accepted in April it would be a push to complete before stamp duty for them, how wrong we were   :D

  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    clairelourow said:
    @Philomel thank you, we thought when it was accepted in April it would be a push to complete before stamp duty for them, how wrong we were   :D

    Was a crazy period of time. If a chain formed above then end of June was never achievable. 
  • Redwino222
    Redwino222 Posts: 490 Forumite
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    edited 13 July 2021 at 8:23PM
    Offer on my house was accepted on 9 April and we completed on 28 June, so tough but achievable.  
  • Philomel
    Philomel Posts: 55 Forumite
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    Thrugelmir said:
    Was a crazy period of time. If a chain formed above then end of June was never achievable. 
    yes, our vendors' vendor broke the chain and went into rental so there were only 2 properties involved which made it easier (we were coming from rental)
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