Have had offer accepted but vendor wants to keep on market - advice pleeese

[dustythedolphin]

Our house is sale agreed and we have just offered on another house.

After a bit of negotiation we have had our, fairly decent (about 3% under asking price), offer accepted.

But the agent has told us that the vendor wants to keep the house on the market until exchange of contracts on the one we are selling

Has this happened to anyone else?

I have told them that its either sale agreed or not sale agreed. They cannot accept our offer and keep it on the market, so they need to decide. If they don't take it off the market prontio, then I am withdrawing our offer...

Advice pleese - can anyone advise as to tactics, as we don't want to lose the purchas?

I am not willing to play silly games...

We had this a while back, resume your search and forget it... We did and guess what, the greedy vendors house is still on the market, but now at 45k less than what it was on for when our offer was accepted, karma

If you live in London then sadly this is how things are being done however of your not buying in London I would withdraw unless they take it off the market

September 2010!!! Ffs

This thread is FOUR YEARS old!