Question for the Scots, are the estate agents legally bound by the sealed bids system ie. the highest bidder gets it for that price? In London it's used to create a frenzy and then extort a bit more from competing bidders. I got chatting to a developer the other day who 'won' a house for £1.2m but by the end of the day spent £1.7m to secure it. Daft bastard.
Question for the Scots, are the estate agents legally bound by the sealed bids system ie. the highest bidder gets it for that price? In London it's used to create a frenzy and then extort a bit more from competing bidders. I got chatting to a developer the other day who 'won' a house for £1.2m but by the end of the day spent £1.7m to secure it. Daft bastard.