So I’m going through a house sale/purchase atm. As a single working parent doing this alone, with horrible, rude sellers’ and their agent, it reduces me to tears most days.
Long story short. Seller’s are 3 adult siblings selling their deceased dad’s house. They accepted my offer, I paid for a survey, solicitors fees etc. it’s 3 months in, which is pretty normal. I’ve done everything as fast as I can and we’re only a few weeks from exchange but they’ve decided it’s going too slow so they took it to another agent (their original agent still gets the commission if I buy it). It’s marketed as “available”. They haven’t pulled out and my offer still stands (they just want to have their cake and eat it). Out of curiosity I emailed the new agent pretending to be a prospective buyer and asked if there had been any offers on the house. She said no. So I sent another one “so just to clarify there has been no other interest in the house?” She said “no, if there was we would tell you if you booked a viewing.” So she’s lying or the seller’s lied to her when they put it on. I thought estate agents had to tell interested parties about other offers. Are any laws being broken here and by who? Anything I can do? I would love to walk away but this is my dream home and despite how much a hate the sellers I really love the house, there’s nowhere else like it. Thanks for any advice :)