We put out house up for sale in May and within the first 3 days we had 5 viewings booked in and had sold it in less then a week, quite a bit over the asking price.
Our buyer wanted to move quickly so we rushed everything through as fast as we could and they had to pull out just before we were about to exchange (they were using money from their divorce for the purchase, but their partner decided to slash the amount from the agreed amount). Our buyer is still hopeful they will resolve something with their partner (although I'm not holding out any hope) and we've put our house back on the market, for a slightly higher amount on the estate agents advice/guidance. Luckily as the house we are buying is a deceased estate that we are moving into, they are happy to wait, for now at least!
Since putting the house back on the market we have only had 2 viewings booked in, our estate agents seems to have given up on communicating to us (we are in a sole agreement with them) and we are at a bit of a loss!
Houses in our area usually sell quickly, within 3 weeks, of which ours is an entry level type house to the area, fully refurbished and modern too. I'm concerned how it will look if we decide to cut the price after putting it back on for a higher amount.
One more thing that we think is slightly off putting is 1 year ago a house the same as our (has 1 less bedroom) sold for around £60,000 less than our asking price. I know this seem absurd, but the other house has had to have full structural work, modernisation and belonged to the Church of England with some sort of clause in the sale of the house. Obviously the 'past sold prices' on various websites don't explain this when people are researching!!!
Has anyone else been in a similar situation with any advice?
Thanks in advance.