I have put down an offer on a land in Melbourne's eastern suburb.
It is a reasonable offer in the middle of the advertised asking price. Initially he said there were other enquiries as well and he will check if anyone else wants to offer. Today I got an update that they have received another offer as well and the vendor will choose between both. I can afford to offer a bit more but I am not sure if they have received a real offer or is it just a bluff to make me offer higher.
So my question is, has anyone else been in a similar situation? and what will you do?
Edit:
Thank you all for your replies. We ended up pulling our offer due to some big costs coming to light.
Edit:
For whoever is interested, its been a week after pulling our offer for that land and it still hasn't been updated to under offer. So that second offer was definitely a bluff. Feel like I dodged a bullet there.
Standard REA response whether they do have offer or not. Either up your own offer if you really want it or stick to your guns and see how it plays out.