HouseHunter2016
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I'm looking for opinions on whether or not I am being overly suspicious of the vendor in a house that is (was?) advertised for sale. The history is:
- The house originally was advertised for sale 12 months ago, at a price that was about €80,000 more than any of the neighbouring two or three bed houses sold for on the Property Register.
- They advertised it as a 4 bed house with Estate Agent No.1 for this price.
- A few months later they switched to Estate Agent No.2 for €30,000 less than the original price and relisted it as a 3-bed with attic conversion.
- In the last month they have switched to Estate Agent No.3 and dropped the price by another €10,000
An open viewing was scheduled for this weekend and the agent confirmed yesterday that there were no current offers.
As of this morning the ad is no longer listed on Daft, MyHome.ie, or the estate agents website.
However the ad is still on dope.ie (which doesn't list viewing times).
We have set our heart on a few properties in the last 6 months that have gotten away from us and the disappointment of that is disheartening.
Am I wrong to have suspicions about whether this vendor is genuinely trying to sell?
Edited to add: The agent has confirmed the vendor has decided not to sell
- The house originally was advertised for sale 12 months ago, at a price that was about €80,000 more than any of the neighbouring two or three bed houses sold for on the Property Register.
- They advertised it as a 4 bed house with Estate Agent No.1 for this price.
- A few months later they switched to Estate Agent No.2 for €30,000 less than the original price and relisted it as a 3-bed with attic conversion.
- In the last month they have switched to Estate Agent No.3 and dropped the price by another €10,000
An open viewing was scheduled for this weekend and the agent confirmed yesterday that there were no current offers.
As of this morning the ad is no longer listed on Daft, MyHome.ie, or the estate agents website.
However the ad is still on dope.ie (which doesn't list viewing times).
We have set our heart on a few properties in the last 6 months that have gotten away from us and the disappointment of that is disheartening.
Am I wrong to have suspicions about whether this vendor is genuinely trying to sell?
Edited to add: The agent has confirmed the vendor has decided not to sell
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