gazundering
noun [ U ] UK informal uk/ɡəˈzʌn.də.rɪŋ/ us/ɡəˈzʌn.dɚ.ɪŋ/
（房价议定后在签合同前）要求降价的做法
the practice of unfairly demanding a reduction in the price you have agreed to pay for a house just before you buy it
In some areas of the country, gazundering is occurring in half of all house sales. 在该国的一些地区，一半的房屋销售都出现了在签合同前要求降价的现象。
While gazundering may be regarded as a questionable practice, it is legal. 虽然在签合同前要求降价可能被视为是有问题的做法，但这是合法的。
See: gazunder
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- The only way for sellers to avoid gazundering is to take control and ensure a house sale is completed as quickly as possible.
- Across the property market gazundering is now common.
- Gazundering is most likely to occur in those areas where sellers have not reduced their prices in line with other parts of the country.