Hopefully someone can allay my concerns regarding the following situation:
I am selling my house and reached an agreement with a buyer. My solicitor received signed contracts from the buyer but they want to use the auctioneer booking deposit as the deposit that normally comes with a signed contract (10% of the agreed house price).
My solicitor says that he is seeing this more often in the last few years and it was up to me whether to proceed or not. I understand if the buyer is getting a 90 or 100% mortgage, but these buyers are regarded to be relatively wealthy.
The caveat in all of this is that I am purchasing a new home based on the successful sale of my existing house, and the contracts are due to be signed for this new house in a couple of days. If I proceed with this purchase and then the buyers reneges on my house, then they will only lose their booking deposit, whereas I am liable to lose 10% of a sizeable amount.
Has anyone else experienced this type of situation?
I am selling my house and reached an agreement with a buyer. My solicitor received signed contracts from the buyer but they want to use the auctioneer booking deposit as the deposit that normally comes with a signed contract (10% of the agreed house price).
My solicitor says that he is seeing this more often in the last few years and it was up to me whether to proceed or not. I understand if the buyer is getting a 90 or 100% mortgage, but these buyers are regarded to be relatively wealthy.
The caveat in all of this is that I am purchasing a new home based on the successful sale of my existing house, and the contracts are due to be signed for this new house in a couple of days. If I proceed with this purchase and then the buyers reneges on my house, then they will only lose their booking deposit, whereas I am liable to lose 10% of a sizeable amount.
Has anyone else experienced this type of situation?