I can see now after the 3 recent appraisals my offer was low, but he wont respond, state what he wants. Im not goin to keep increasing my offer just to get a response from him. hes got to step up and say something... my mind is a mess...
I'm a little confused by the vitriol and accusations of "greed" being dished towards the brother.
I wonder how the responses on this thread would've panned out if we'd had the following OP...
Raphael, I can understand your emotional connection, but the brother has a legitimate right to protect his interest. In light of a low offer (whether intentionally low or otherwise), he's adopting a perfectly reasonable position IMHO."Dad left his house to me and my brother. I'm not interested in the house but my brother wants to buy out my share. He's presented me with an embarrassingly low offer - I don't know whether he thinks he can pull the wool over my eyes because he knows more about property than I do or whether it was an honest mistake.
I just want it to go to auction so I can get a fair market value, whereas my brother seems keen on negotiating a price between us. I don't have confidence that I'll get a fair price in a closed negotiation with my brother. Am I within my rights to request it is put to auction?"
There's no obligation on him to negotiate with you or to present you a price that he'd be happy with - in fact, both of those things may be working against his best interests of getting a fair market price for his share of the property.