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It's one thing to make an offer for a place, it's another thing to actually be able to go through with it. I also think there are a lot of lies going round too, but then maybe not. I can't say I've seen too much come on to the portals then actually be taken off because they've gone beyond SSTC, either.
But. I suspect basically every flat being canned from the market is having an effect. And I think there's the pent up demand, and combined with agents stoking things it's creating the seller's market.
I also suspect there are just a lot of people with a lot of money for some reason and they aren't afraid of paying £100k over what the same place sold for in December last year. That I don't really understand. They must be so fucking rich and so fucking young.
I guess the stamp duty holiday has helped but I think it was unnecessary and it's really fucked over people like me who sold before lock-down and now have nowhere to go.
Might find myself reneging on our exchange. Or renegotiating an even longer delay. Fun times.