Our situation is currently this. Our house is being sold by an online estate agent (purple bricks) we had a viewing a few weeks ago, an elderly couple wanting to downsize. They offered the asking price and we accepted so our house is now 'under offer'. Theirs is still on the market, they have had some viewings this weekend so we're crossing our fingers.
Last week we saw a house we liked with a high street estate agent. We had to 'prove' our finances to them (take in passports etc) and they then reccomended our offer to the vendor, knowing fully our position outlined above. We were basically gazumped so that property was out.
Friday night we saw a property we are in love with. No upward chain and has been done by a property developer. We have offered the full asking price knowing we were first through the door. However this estate agent (different to the one we spoke to last week) has said they will not reccomend our offer to the vendor because we are in an incomplete chain. Now I know that it's annoying having to wait for our sellers to sell, but somewhere along the line, isn't every chain waiting on someone else? The estate agents were really rude about it, and insisted the vendor would not accept our offer (despite it being full asking price) because our sellers had not sold. I just wondered if this was normal practice, as with the other estate agents we've dealt with, they've been really positive and taken us seriously (which we are!) however these estate agents were dismissive, and quite aggressive about the fact that they'd encourage the vendor not to accept our offer because we aren't first time buyers. We're working tomorrow but I have assured them I will go in Tuesday to verify our finances and we have emailed them proof of our mortgage. What else can I do?! We so don't want to lose the property we love just because were in a chain.. Surely most non first time buyers are in chains?! Can anyone offer any advice? Thanks!
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Freezingwinter · 05/03/2017 08:24
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