on saturday at approximately 11 AM we offered on a house that had been listed the previous day (Friday) at 5 PM. the house already had 2+ other offers. we offered $10k over the asking price. at 2 PM we were informed we did not get it because 2 other offers were higher than ours. the house was on the market for a total of 21 hours.
this is like the worst time in the history of time to try to buy a house.
It so is. I've had the same experience way way too many times over the last 9 months I've been looking. House goes on market, we look the next day, agent finds out an offer was accepted when trying to pull up the seller's disclosure so I can make an offer...it is INSANE. I finally got lucky and was able to get my offered accepted on a house in Waldo back in January. I was the 2nd offer and the house hadn't been on the market for more than 24 hours. My super awesome agent helped out tremendously with her patience and knowledge. Moving in later this month.
It is not a buyer's market at all. Best of luck and I'll be on the lookout for any in Waldo if that is where you are looking to move to.