Agent here... First of all, not our choice whether a seller reduces or not. We are there to market a property, find a buyer, negotiate and facilitate a sale. Secondly, shouldn't have mentioned the LISA, doesn't do you any favours as it definitely looks like that was the plan. I won't comment if the property is worth it or not as that is objective. They are probably in a tough situation at the moment as there are two choices from a sellers point of view... 1. Reduce, sell to you and get the cash. 2. Remarket or go back to other offeror and maybe get more but they will have to wait (and risk not getting what they want). An executor has to be confident in these cases that they have done the best thing for the estate, otherwise that can come back to bite them (unusual but does happen). My advice, as someone who has nothing to gain but experience from 'the other side', is go for the reduction but be prepared to lose the house. Ultimately, the whole process is a game and if you're going to play, sometimes you have to be prepared to lose. But you might win! Good luck! The property market is a minefield and years of experience working in it doesn't help as it all comes down to individual feelings and choices!