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You're never as desirable a prospect as you think you are....1
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Yes i get thatReadingTim said:You're never as desirable a prospect as you think you are....0 -
And there is always someone in a more desirable position.ReadingTim said:You're never as desirable a prospect as you think you are....1 -
Yes there are lots of sellers too who think they're in a desirable position to a buyer, who actually aren't. The argument works both ways.RelievedSheff said:
And there is always someone in a more desirable position.ReadingTim said:You're never as desirable a prospect as you think you are....
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Nobody said it didn't, but it wasn't the question asked.Yes there are lots of sellers too who think they're in a desirable position to a buyer, who actually aren't. The argument works both ways.1 -
I think I was 'chosen' out of my vendor's 4 asking price offers because I had sold, had the cash in the bank, and was in rented on a rolling contract. I had to move out of my house as I sold at auction, so different circumstances to most. The vendor had instructed the EA to offer it to me if I'd pay 'a few thousand more'. I do regret the extra I paid as I found out all the floors were rotten six months later.
£216 saved 24 October 20141 -
In several viewings that were advertised as "chain free" the EAs told me that I was supposed to be the 3rd or 4th in the chain, to complete it "because it's missing only the last piece". It's not at all chain free, then!!
Those viewings were a colossal waste of time and money for me.
I'm a FTB and I'm beginning to lose my patience. Contrary to what they told me, my sellers obviously instructed their solicitors to start their searches only when I proposed a date for the exchange, making me waste thousands to pay my rent.
And if the sale falls through I'll have lost 1.5k for nothing.
So yes, there's a lot of value in a chain-free purchase, provided that you find a real chain-free sale.3 -
Bit like real cash buyers2
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I could instead buy a house like this instead of renting.....
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131294411
Then sell it on or keep it as a rental place ( obvs a different ball game)
Thoughts?2 -
Well ive got and brought (well offer accepted ) on two bed terrace quite nice inside. Will do for 6 to 12 months! Then sell ours once sale complete on that one0
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