amateurbuyer
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we did do this with a place we were interested in before but that was a different EA and we let that one go (funnily, we recently had a call back asking if we were still interested as the buyer for that one pulled out).
Ask the EA for written confirmation that there was a higher bid submitted after your bid. It's unlikely the EA will put a lie down on paper.
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I spoke to the EA and told them that we couldn't get any more and so, with regret, we would have to leave it at that.
About 20 minutes later we received a call from the EA telling us that although there was a higher offer, they recommended us to the vendor and he agreed to go with our bid.
1. If you love this house and its your dream house then move in and start enjoying life and family
2. if its not your dream house, then tell the EA that the bank have pulled some funding and you can now only get current offer (-25k)
you'll have an answer soon enough as either one, they'll drop the price for you, two, they'll sell to the real/ghost bidder at the price near what your offer was or 3, they'll wait for another person to try this scam on and the house will sell for what you were going to pay but in 6/12 months time.
Agree with this, if the house is number 1 then suck it up and enjoy the new house if it is number 2 then you have nothing to lose.
i was in this situation several times with increasing bids in dublin 3/7/8 for weeks on end and then on pulling out being told by estate agent that the higher bidders couldn't complete the sale and that my final bid would actually now be accepted. I royally told them where to go. If you really love the house and location accept what you've offered, if not, revert back to your original bid and start the process again, there are plenty of houses out there and yes, estate agents are chancers!
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