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@marcus94 It was a formal offer, used an email template given to us by our conveyancer and added all the conditions to it. I'd assume the rejection was after a discussion with the owner on it.

Whoops want to clarify that though that sale price was less, I agree with other commenters that it’s no proof of a lie. But before this post it seemed certain

@dumbfounded He gave us the exact amount of the offer and the published results after the sale was less than that. But the discussions on this post have been great and given me a lot to learn for next time. My point still stands though that even if we ignore my story, it’s an accepted fact...

@dumbfounded Clearly to get the best price. We’ve lost out on other properties and walked away fine from a fair fight. It’s just a shame to hear that it’s an accepted truth that realtors can choose to lie and mislead people. Whether this individual was telling the truth or not. I suppose I’ve...

@bnnewsome013 I think our problem was a lack of trust in the real estate from the get-go. Learning opportunity for us first home buyers. Being outbid is not surprising, my original point was the lying about the offer in the first place. But have had some good advice in this thread to just ignore...

@barry Original offer was cash with conditions, but we let him negotiate us out of those. We stayed insistent for a while on the subject to inspection but ultimately got to a stalemate

@leahfeamw I think that's the way forward for sure. Thanks :)

My partner and I are first home buyers. We put in an offer on a home on the higher end of the listed range. It was turned down as the agent told us he wouldn’t accept anything under $X (which was above the advertised asking price). That same $x value kept popping up for the following week...