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Offer over mean

Hi guys
Friend trying to buy a house and it been advert price offer over 143000 for 4 weeks do they accept below that say something around 5/10 parentage o higher any help are welcome
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  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,905 Forumite
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    There is no set rule, its dependent on the vendor.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,092 Forumite
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    The clue is in the wording. "Offers over" means "offers over".
    Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Offer whatever you want.

    Vendor will either say

    * Yes
    * No or
    * make a counter-proposal.

    A property is only worth what a buyer is prepared to pay.
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 24,905 Forumite
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    phill99 wrote: »
    The clue is in the wording. "Offers over" means "offers over".

    I bought my house for £2k under "offers over".
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • Typhoon2000
    Typhoon2000 Posts: 1,184 Forumite
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    G_M wrote: »
    Offer whatever you want.

    Vendor will either say

    * Yes
    * No or
    * make a counter-proposal.

    A property is only worth what a buyer is prepared to pay.

    Or a house is only worth what a seller accepts.
    If a seller gets 3 offers of £200k, £205k and £210k but decides to accept the £205k offer, that's what the house is worth.
  • booksurr
    booksurr Posts: 3,700 Forumite
    if the property ios in Scotland then offers over means exactly that, you must offer at least (and preferably more than) £143k

    if the property is elsewhere and has "only" been on the market for 4 weeks then the vendor has not yet really established if people regard 143 as being too high. If you offer -10% they are likely to be annoyed, if you offer -5% they may say no or they may think about it. Rather depends on what else is on the market at that price.

    if it is still on the market in another 4 weeks then offers over is not working and you should offer whatever you want
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    booksurr wrote: »
    if the property ios in Scotland then offers over means exactly that, you must offer at least (and preferably more than) £143k

    if the property is elsewhere and has "only" been on the market for 4 weeks then the vendor has not yet really established if people regard 143 as being too high. If you offer -10% they are likely to be annoyed, if you offer -5% they may say no or they may think about it. Rather depends on what else is on the market at that price.

    if it is still on the market in another 4 weeks then offers over is not working and you should offer whatever you want

    Whether the property is in Scotland or not makes no difference. The OP CAN offer below £143k. There's no rule or guideline that says otherwise.

    Anyone who offers more than an O/O price in Scotland where the property has been on the market for some length of time without competing interest needs to rethink their logic....
  • rebin123
    rebin123 Posts: 98 Forumite
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    Thank you guys, So if i Offer them 135-136 should i give a shot and wait what they say, just checked now 4 weeks a go it was 142 now is 143.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    rebin123 wrote: »
    Thank you guys, So if i Offer them 135-136 should i give a shot and wait what they say, just checked now 4 weeks a go it was 142 now is 143.

    Is it in Scotland? If so, what's the Home Report valuation?
  • rebin123
    rebin123 Posts: 98 Forumite
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    googler wrote: »
    Is it in Scotland? If so, what's the Home Report valuation?
    Is in England zoopla Zed Index 126 and there is house sold for 165 and 135.
    Cheers
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