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[Closed] Estate Agent tactics

fervouredimage · 2014-02-02T13:24:26Z

I'm currently in the stressful position of buying a house and am wondering what sort of tactics others here may have come across from estate agents. It's hard to gauge but i get the impression that one estate agent is notifying us of a fake offer on a property we have offered on in order to get us to up our bid. I could well just be paranoid, given my so far unpleasant experience of searching for a property and dealing with EA's but this particular Agent is more than slimey and I question his tactics. Not sure how to play it really in this instance. I want the house but the idea that i am just being played for a fool (not difficult) is bothering me. I've increased my offer and the EA immediately came back and said the other potential buyer has also increased theirs to about the same as us and the vendor will have a think about it. Im expecting a call saying this offer has also been declined and on and on it goes...

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konabunny

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well I am not lawyer, but have always been told that exchange of contract is the point of no return, prior to that unless some other kind of agreement is in place then either side can pull out willy nilly..

I've reread everything and realized I wasn't paying attention the first time because I thought it was about the day of completion, not exchange. As for whether you're entirely without responsibility I wouldn't want to speculate if only because I'm too inattentive!

Posted : 03/02/2014 11:48 pm

igm

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Xiphon - I love dealing with people like you (or at least how you describe you are). Very easy to play against normally because acting like that you remove any need for me to play fair. ScottChegg has it in one.

Flipside is, play nice with me and I'll play nice with you.

Posted : 04/02/2014 12:07 am

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