Some house vendors are in la la land.

[sasguru]

By making banks flush with cheap money, so your cash offer carries no weight to vendors. A doley can borrow more than £750K from a zombie bank full of QE money.

Face it, QE has made your money worth tulip. No wonder the vendor told you to do one.

Now you are stuck in a tuliphole in a rough part of Londonistan.

Well maybe you're right - that could account why the Londonistan pad went to sealed bids, as I knew it would.
Was on the market for a mere number of days.
SO it works both ways ....

[AtW]

as I knew it would.

If you knew that then why did you bother bidding so low?

[sasguru]

If you knew that then why did you bother bidding so low?

FFS stick to coding, you're too slow

[AtW]

FFS stick to coding, you're too slow

Why won't you answer the question oh evasive one?

[sasguru]

Why won't you answer the question oh evasive one?

Because it doesn't make sense, oh thick one.

[AtW]

Because it doesn't make sense, oh thick one.

It's a pity you've picked £750k figure because otherwise CUK would have gotten 2nd fantasy millionaire after DimPrawn.

Oh well - try harder next time.

[sasguru]

It's a pity you've picked £750k figure because otherwise CUK would have gotten 2nd fantasy millionaire after DimPrawn.

Oh well - try harder next time.

I feel sorry for you in your rented bedsit surrounded by bulk purchases of Kleenex.

[d000hg]

Ok point taken. I thought they'd bite my hand off as a cash buyer. Apparently not

Maybe the seller is not in any rush. Did you ASK for a counter-offer?

[doodab]

Maybe the seller is not in any rush. Did you ASK for a counter-offer?

Maybe the seller knows he is going to have to move out of his current place having sold it and can smell the desperation.

[sasguru]

Maybe the seller knows he is going to have to move out of his current place having sold it and can smell the desperation.

Not really desperate - could rent for a while.
But I'm looking for 2 properties one to live in and one to rent out.