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Subject: Re: OT: Putting in an offer for a house
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 09:34:18 +0100
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On 30/06/2022 23:28, Pete Zahut wrote:
> Maybe I'm being paranoid but it's 38 years since we moved in here and 
> I'm not au fait with modern practices.
> 
> I believe the estate agent has a legal responsibility to pass on to the 
> vendor any and all offers made on their property - but are the 
> prospective buyers afforded the same courtesy?
> 
> We made a (cheeky) offer on a property on Monday but have heard nothing 
> since. The least I would have expected would have been "Piss off you 
> cheeky gits" with an invitation to amend our offer upwards, but nothing 
> at all has come back from the agents.
> 
> I'm wondering if the agents are deliberately keeping us out of the loop 
> now and letting other people view and offer, before we get a second 
> chance. We fully expected (and are more than willing) to come up nearer 
> to the asking price. Surely that's the whole point of negotiation?
> 
> What would you do? Contact the agent again and ask what's going on or 
> just sit tight and wait?
I always liked making direct contact with the seller as well as going 
through the estate agent.
Direct lines of communications can speed things up at later stages.