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Flat price - seller won't accept lower offer
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Yet this post was created by a buyer who despite all these "other opportunities to buy and move on with their life" was being the one who was stubbornly refusing to do do exactly that...Sarah1Mitty2 said:
Yes, but if they want to move on with their life they have to sell to someone, and every buyer they scare away just means lower offers down the road in a falling market, ultimately it is the stubborn seller`s loss, the buyer has plenty of other opportunities to buy and move on with their life.0 -
Unless they just enjoy people viewing their house (or not getting any viewings if they are overpriced) then they must want to sell for some reason? The idea that a seller has nothing invested in the sale and holds all the cards and "doesn`t have to do anything" isn`t real world thinking, difficult or deluded sellers get left behind in falling markets.Schwarzwald said:Sarah1Mitty2 said:
Yes, but if they want to move on with their life they have to sell to someoneReadingTim said:
Unfortunately while the seller may not have ultimate power over the market, they do have ultimate power over their own transaction, so if you want to buy their property, you have to come to an agreement with them over the price. They have stated what the price they will accept is. If the OP is unable or unwilling to pay that, this transaction won't happen. Not all negotiations are successful.Sarah1Mitty2 said:
The seller agreed to a 15k reduction almost immediately at the start of the negotiation, they are very keen to sell, in reality many sellers don`t have the luxury of chasing potential buyers away by being childish over a difference in viewpoint over how much their property is worth, negotiation is the key not living in a fantasy world where the seller has some kind of ultimate power over the market.How do you know what the seller’s motivation for the sale is??
uh, i forgot you don't know, so all just assumption that the vendor has to do anything…0 -
But the buyer can take their time and view multiple properties and probably find a cheaper or better one, the seller has just one property to sell or they are stuck.ReadingTim said:
Yet this post was created by a buyer who despite all these "other opportunities to buy and move on with their life" was being the one who was stubbornly refusing to do do exactly that...Sarah1Mitty2 said:
Yes, but if they want to move on with their life they have to sell to someone, and every buyer they scare away just means lower offers down the road in a falling market, ultimately it is the stubborn seller`s loss, the buyer has plenty of other opportunities to buy and move on with their life.0
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