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Made decent offer for house, no reply for 2 days, phoned estate agent and they said just sold

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There was no reply to my offer for 2 days.
Noticed listing was removed, so I phoned the EA and they said the seller has just accepted another offer.
I am now tempted to make a new offer however I believe this is called gazumping and not something I'd like to be on the receiving end of so that is also on my mind.

Do you think it is strange there was no reply to my offer at all? The house had been on the market for a month and no other offers AFAIK
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  • user1977
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    edited 4 March 2024 at 6:28PM
    Presumably an offer via your solicitor? What do they say about it? Yes, your solicitor isn't allowed to get involved in gazumping (in theory you could offer via a new solicitor).
  • [Deleted User]
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    It was a verbal offer by email, haven't spoke to my solicitor
  • propertyrental
    propertyrental Posts: 3,391 Forumite
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    The sellers have accepted an offer and the agents have taken the property off the market.
    Time for you to move on and find another property. Angsting over this one is a waste of effort.
  • RHemmings
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    edited 4 March 2024 at 7:07PM
    I must admit that when I read the title of this thread, the first thing I thought was 'thems the breaks'. 

    Trivial point: isn't an offer by email a written offer, not a verbal one? 
  • Hoenir
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    edited 12 March 2024 at 1:47PM
    It was a verbal offer by email, haven't spoke to my solicitor
    No surprise there was radio silence then. 
  • cymruchris
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    edited 12 March 2024 at 1:48PM
    It was a verbal offer by email, haven't spoke to my solicitor

    Did you outline your position? Had you discussed it with them previously? Had they seen proof of funds? And are you proceedable?

    It may be the other party that made the offer was in a better position, and so they took their offer over yours without coming back to you as they felt that's what they wanted (whatever 'that' was).

    So if you happened to need to sell your property first for example - that might count against you.
  • Myci85
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    I don't know how different it is in Scotland, but I would find it a bit rude that they hadn't even bothered letting you know what the situation was if you put an offer in. It's like when you go for job interviews etc, some people these days seem to think silence is acceptable in place of a courtesy phone call to let you know you didn't get it. It isn't hard to do.
  • Bobo2009
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    Usually in Scotland your solicitor would put any offer to the estate agent or notes of interest.
  • user1977
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    Myci85 said:
    I don't know how different it is in Scotland, but I would find it a bit rude that they hadn't even bothered letting you know what the situation was if you put an offer in.
    It's hardly a proper offer in Scotland if it isn't a formal one from your solicitor. Yes, the agent might discuss it with you, but if you haven't even bothered getting your solicitor to note interest, you can't expect to be taken very seriously.
  • NameUnavailable
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    How do you make a 'verbal offer by email' ?
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