Why would someone accept an offer when another viewing was booked?

cymruchris

pjs493 said:

Thanks for the additional comments. As of today, the day after I was due to view the house, it is still being marketed by the estate agent as being for sale. It hasn’t been removed from their shop window or website. 

I am sure if anyone calls to say 'can i book a viewing' they'll be told it's sold.

Get a friend to do it and find out for yourself.

pjs493

MeteredOut said:

pjs493 said:

Thanks for the additional comments. As of today, the day after I was due to view the house, it is still being marketed by the estate agent as being for sale. It hasn’t been removed from their shop window or website. 

Not an unusual thing - I'd put that down to EA incompetence rather than an indication that the sale has fallen through.

Would it be harsh to suggest that the fact you’re still looking indicates you've not moved on?

My sister sent me a link this morning, otherwise I wouldn’t have known. She’d apparently driven past it today and saw the for sale sign and then checked the estate agent’s website. 

I’d already thrown away the brochure when they said an offer had been accepted and removed it from my ‘saved’ houses on various apps. My sister sent me the link because she thought it was a different house new to the market. I told her it was actually the one that had apparently sold last week.

Grizebeck

Move on
Maybe awaiting verification of buyer funds etc
I just exchanged on my sale and it took a few days to go off rightmove etc

ognum

MeteredOut said:

pjs493 said:

Thanks for the additional comments. As of today, the day after I was due to view the house, it is still being marketed by the estate agent as being for sale. It hasn’t been removed from their shop window or website. 

Not an unusual thing - I'd put that down to EA incompetence rather than an indication that the sale has fallen through.

Would it be harsh to suggest that the fact your still looking indicates you've not moved on?

This often happens until the EA has all the details for the Memorandum of Sale.  If either the buyer or seller have not yet located a solicitor it can take a few days sometimes a week.

Hoenir

MeteredOut said:

pjs493 said:

Thanks for the additional comments. As of today, the day after I was due to view the house, it is still being marketed by the estate agent as being for sale. It hasn’t been removed from their shop window or website. 

Not an unusual thing - I'd put that down to EA incompetence rather than an indication that the sale has fallen through.

Keeps the pressure up on the potential buyer to get things moving along. 

warwick2001

This is a very common sales tactic.

Think if buying a second hand car. You turn up to a car dealership on Tuesday, and view a car. Salesperson says "Like it? Well, I've got someone also very keen, coming tomorrow for a shufty. So, if you want it, need to make an offer now....." You offer, its accepted, and salesperson removes car from sale. Person coming on Wednesday isn't really considered in this transaction, more as a prompt for immediate offer. 

Maybe this scenario played out in regards your situation. Swap out Salesperson for EA. And swap out car dealership for house seller. Certainly not saying this is what happened, but its certainly plausible.

pjs493

warwick2001 said:

This is a very common sales tactic.

Think if buying a second hand car. You turn up to a car dealership on Tuesday, and view a car. Salesperson says "Like it? Well, I've got someone also very keen, coming tomorrow for a shufty. So, if you want it, need to make an offer now....." You offer, its accepted, and salesperson removes car from sale. Person coming on Wednesday isn't really considered in this transaction, more as a prompt for immediate offer. 

Maybe this scenario played out in regards your situation. Swap out Salesperson for EA. And swap out car dealership for house seller. Certainly not saying this is what happened, but it’s certainly plausible.

Not a bad analogy, although I’m glad it doesn’t take as long to buy a car as it does a house. The last car I bought was something I needed ASAP after my car of several years had repeated issues and I needed a reliable car. 

kinger101

Buyers sometimes make offers that are on the table for only a short period.  They don't want them left on the table so the agent/vendor can say we have already had on offer of x.

TheJP

My for sale sign was still on the property on the day i was moving out. EAs like to promote their brand as others have said and keeping the sign up and having the house listed in their window is a good tool to pull people in.

'Sorry that house is now SSTC, however we do have similar properties in the area'

RHemmings

Just another vote for the idea that someone who has been trying to sell a house for years might be happy to jump at a good offer and cancel future viewings. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.