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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
    To which the suitable response is "Sure, £140k and I'll take it".
    Actually would have offerred 147 second time, but I was already on the point of exchange somewhere else.

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  • TwoWolves
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    Read Here ...

    http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/for...p?showforum=22

    You are aiming too high IMHO

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    It's pretty savage out there. I recently (jan) offered 155 against a 195 ask on a property that sold for 230 early 07. Got turned down flat. I had the agents on the phone the other day asking if I was still interested.
    To which the suitable response is "Sure, £140k and I'll take it".

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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by Menelaus View Post
    The house I'm looking at is in the country but **** me sideways with a banana - it's suggesting £320K.

    ****it, I'm too nice. Grr.
    It's pretty savage out there. I recently (jan) offered 155 against a 195 ask on a property that sold for 230 early 07. Got turned down flat. I had the agents on the phone the other day asking if I was still interested.

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  • Menelaus
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    Maybe, but because it is different that doesn't necessarily increase it's value by as much as you might expect.

    Anyway, you said greater london. So using halifax numbers here:-

    http://www.hbosplc.com/common/includ...ulator_lbg.asp

    Suggests £311k.

    Honestly, anybody thinking they have a hoising asset which has increased in value in London over the last 2.5 year is probably in a world of thier own. Caveat is if they have made substantial improvements.
    The house I'm looking at is in the country but **** me sideways with a banana - it's suggesting £320K.

    ****it, I'm too nice. Grr.

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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by Menelaus View Post
    Yep, the property is fairly unique in its area - lots of 3-bed semis around, this is a 4-bed detached with the garden, garage, the whole nine yards.
    Maybe, but because it is different that doesn't necessarily increase it's value by as much as you might expect.

    Anyway, you said greater london. So using halifax numbers here:-

    http://www.hbosplc.com/common/includ...ulator_lbg.asp

    Suggests £311k.

    Honestly, anybody thinking they have a hoising asset which has increased in value in London over the last 2.5 year is probably in a world of thier own. Caveat is if they have made substantial improvements.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Interesting: it shows my neighbour's house as worth more than 50% more than mine, but they are identical.
    I live in an architect designed house. There is no house identical to mine. Every house near mine is a unique design.

    You must live on one of those "housing estate" thingies?

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  • TheBigD
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Interesting: it shows my neighbour's house as worth more than 50% more than mine, but they are identical.
    Same here... Although my neighbour on the other side's house is worth 20% less than mine. All three identical.

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  • Menelaus
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    Originally posted by expat View Post
    Interesting: it shows my neighbour's house as worth more than 50% more than mine, but they are identical.
    Yep, it can be adjusted by logging on to the site.

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  • Menelaus
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    Originally posted by ASB View Post
    Seems too much, but depends where it is of course.
    http://www.nationwide.co.uk/hpi/historical.htm

    Dec 06 to Apr 09 on Nationwide index (national) shows a decline of about 13% or about 15% using the seasonally adjusted figures. So, actual value now might be in the order of 323. Be thinking about 300 myself....

    Look for comparables in the same postcode, it's possible the 380 was a good price at the time.
    Yep, the property is fairly unique in its area - lots of 3-bed semis around, this is a 4-bed detached with the garden, garage, the whole nine yards.

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  • expat
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    Stick the postcode and select the house:

    http://www.zoopla.co.uk/home-values/

    You'll know what it is worth now. Offer that -10%
    Interesting: it shows my neighbour's house as worth more than 50% more than mine, but they are identical.

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  • ASB
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    Originally posted by Menelaus View Post
    TBH, £350 was the number I had in mind ... cheers.
    Seems too much, but depends where it is of course.
    http://www.nationwide.co.uk/hpi/historical.htm

    Dec 06 to Apr 09 on Nationwide index (national) shows a decline of about 13% or about 15% using the seasonally adjusted figures. So, actual value now might be in the order of 323. Be thinking about 300 myself....

    Look for comparables in the same postcode, it's possible the 380 was a good price at the time.

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by Menelaus View Post
    Apologies - I live in London at the moment and someone who expects there to have been only £5K appreciation in value between 2006 and now (even with a recession) suggests someone who's either brutally honest or critically dumb.
    Eh?

    Have you not heard property values have fallen. 2006 is pretty close the peak. Prices at the moment are back at 2003/2004 levels.

    http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/gra...ouse-price.php

    He bought an asset that has fallen in price. You gain, he loses. Or he waits for the greater fool.
    Last edited by DimPrawn; 27 May 2009, 14:12.

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  • Menelaus
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    How is £385K "much reduced" compared with £337K?
    Apologies - I live in London at the moment and someone who expects there to have been only £5K appreciation in value between 2006 and now (even with a recession) suggests someone who's either brutally honest or critically dumb.

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  • DimPrawn
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    How is £385K "much reduced" compared with £337K?

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