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  • Exodi
    Exodi Posts: 3,879 Forumite
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    baser999 said:
    I suppose as well it’s dependent on what it’s on for? An offer of 10% under on a house on the market for £300k could be a huge amount to the seller when compared to someone selling at say £1m where they could more likely afford to drop their price.
    I disagree as it's easy to argue the opposite is true. Big percentages on big numbers equals big discounts.

    It would be valid if we were talking fixed sum discounts (e.g. knock £100k off) but varying house prices is the reason we talk in percentages.
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  • MobileSaver
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    BJV said:
    MACKEM99 said:
    If you offer low they could say "up yours"😂
    I always go in low. No-one has ever said "up yours "
    It may never have happened to you but it's certainly happened with me and many others here. I was the seller and the losing buyer was apparently gutted when I wouldn't entertain their revised higher offer.

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