Be firmly aware that "final offer" means literally nothing, and gives absolutely no advantage to you!.

They will simply look at them and then think "oh these are interesting, I wonder what we can get".

There is literally no benefit, whatsoever, to you (or the other buyer).

Very important: what does the phrase 'final offer' mean?

All of this is just colorful language. When you say something like "best!", "final!", "highest!" etc, there is, obviously, no specific meaning.

(There is, utterly, no actual legal or accounting meaning. Obviously. But there is not even any "meaning" - it's simply colorful language.)

At least two folks here have commented that the Buyer may or may not be "honest". Fortunately (so to speak), that is meaningless in this situation.

When the Buyer says "Send in your final offer!" it's just colorful language meaning:

There is utterly no meaning if you add adjectives such as final, last, best, most powerful, decisive, aggressive, high, etc.

• It could be that people not familiar w/ the UK market are thinking of actual legal mechanisms, perhaps an "auction" or "dutch Auction", "sealed Auction", "tender" or whatever.

This has utterly no connection to any of that.

When the agent happened to say send in more 'final' offers, it is just colorful language, it has utterly no meaning, mechanism, effect - it means literally nothing. It's just like saying "Send in more offers - really good ones! Let's do it!"

Just totally ignore anything an agent says about "deadlines". It's laughable. Do what you want in your own time.

Certainly, at any split second you can lose out on buying a house, for numerous reasons. Any "deadlines" mentioned by anyone are totally fatuous.

Be aware that "final offer" means nothing, and gives no advantage to you!.

They will simply look at these new offers and then think, "oh these are interesting, I wonder what we can get".

There is no benefit, whatsoever, to you (or the other buyer).

Important! What does the phrase 'final offer' mean?

All of this is just colorful language. When you say something like "best!", "final!", "highest!" etc, there is no specific meaning.

(There is, utterly no actual legal or accounting meaning. But there is not even any "meaning" in language - it's simply "colorful language".)

Some folks have commented that the Seller may or may not be "honest". Fortunately (so to speak), that is not the issue...

When the Seller says "Send in your final offer!" it's just colorful language meaning:

There is no meaning if you add adjectives such as final, last, best, most powerful, decisive, aggressive, high, etc.

• It could be that people not familiar w/ the UK market are thinking of an actual legal mechanisms, perhaps an "auction" or "dutch Auction", "sealed Auction", "tender" or whatever.

This has no connection to any of that.

When the agent happened to say send in more 'final' offers, it is just colorful language, it has no meaning, mechanism, effect - it means literally nothing. It's just like saying enthusiastically "Send in more offers - really good ones! Let's do it!"

Just ignore anything an agent says about "deadlines". Do what you want in your own time.

Certainly, at any split second you can lose out on buying a house, for numerous reasons. That works both ways. Any "deadlines" mentioned by anyone are fatuous.

Be firmly aware that your "final offer" means literally nothing, and gives absolutely no advnatage to you!.

Be firmly aware that "final offer" means literally nothing, and gives absolutely no advantage to you!.

That "deadline" thing...

"Further to this the estate agent gave a deadline of approximately 24 hours..."

Just totally ignore anything an agent says about "deadlines". It's laughable. Do what you want in your own time.

Certainly, at any split second you can lose out on buying a house, for numerous reasons. Any "deadlines" mentioned by anyone are totally fatuous.