Any ideas?
A house I want was on sale for 275,000 and was reduced to 260,00 for a fast deal but it is still over my absolute top price of 250,000. I am already exchanged on my sale so in a good position and offered 250,000 but the owner has said his absolute bottom line is 255,000. So I thinks can I nudge up my figure by 5,000 until my solicitor pointed out that the stamp duty will be 3% not 1%.
This means I am not just looking at 5,000 more but 7650 more.
Can I not just give the seller the 5,000 in cash direct or through a third party stake holder or is there any other way I can do this.
Phil