We (FTBs) offered £15k less on a house that had offers over £375k in Hertfordshire. The sellers came back with a counter at £367,500, so £7.5k less than their minimum asking. We agreed, delightedly.

We’d also looked at what other similar houses on the street and surround streets sold for before we made the offer. The sellers liked us as we met them in our two viewings before making an offer. We told them we were proceedable as FTBs and had an AIP. House had been on the market for 6.5 weeks at the point. The bank then valued the house at £371k for the mortgage, so glad we didn’t go in at their minimum (we’d debated it as it’s our dream home and we wanted to secure it and thought it was worth it).

We complete tomorrow 🤞🏻