Guest consa Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest consa Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 More funny stuff http://community.channel4.com/eve/ubb.x?a=...41&m=3180050941 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Crash Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282169 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They all seem to naively miss the point Their asking prices are too high Not to mention the fact that if they are expats, its highly likely thay bought a least a few years ago These are the sort of people that can take a big price reduction and still walk away with a decent profit Won't do much for their neighbours house values!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaccount99 Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 It is the uncertainty that annoys us, with timewasters etc.We need to validate by May 10th, my boss is pressuring me into giving him a date, and we need to get flights booked, and the shippers need a month so it is depressing at the moment, and it is all down to the house situation. Yes change agents......say it's the wrong time of year to buy (has been since July apparently)......dismiss the viewers as timewasters............DO and SAY anything.... but never lower the price. These people are beyond me and I have no sympathy for them. I sold up last year.....reduced my price and accepted a lower offer for a committed no chain buyer.....did what was necessary to secure the deal to get on with what I wanted to do. Some vendors just seem to forget there are two people in a deal, they maintain a hard line when they are the purchaser but when they are the vendor it's beyond their comprehension to make concession.....It's natural for everyone in life to want to WIN.....these people always want WIN-LOSE they always end up with LOSE-LOSE = Unsold house + emigrating dream shattered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VacantPossession Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I agree, having seen that thread. Almost every poster there is in serious denial. Cheered me up a bit actually....if that naivity is repeated in the rest of the UK, a crash is all the more likely to be heavy if and when it arrives. VP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Crash Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 Yes change agents......say it's the wrong time of year to buy (has been since July apparently)......dismiss the viewers as timewasters............DO and SAY anything.... but never lower the price.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> In fairness to these people, if they are living abroad, they get most of their info via the VI propaganda machine This might explain the fact why ALL of them seem to complain about the same thing yet it occurs to NONE of them, things may not be 100% in the UK housing market ignorance is bliss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne The Payne Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I love the guy who posted this: "In a stagant/falling market, bear in mind you need to market for a price that will still be attractive in 3 months time, otherwise you run the risk of the market having fallen by the time it takes to sell and your buyers pulling out." It's not one of us, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyMe Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 A lot of posts on housing (UK) on there, have a wade through - these are juyst a few recent ones. 13,000 Pounds off House Prices in 5 Weeks http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249733 Sold House after 6.5mths http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....ighlight=agents Another house sale disaster- the sequel !!! http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....ight=pulled+out UK house market has gone very quiet http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer House Sale, The forum decides. http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer lies...lies...and bullsh*t http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer Crash.Good time to move back http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer Sold your house ? http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer Selling house in UK from Australia http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer House Sale Gone Wrong!! http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer house sale: hope for all http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer It's all happening on the house front http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer House has sold http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer Another house sale disaster- the sequel !!! http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer The buyers ARE out there! http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread....highlight=buyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Crash Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 What is interesting is that if you add up all the comments, it gives you a constant impression a BEAR market out there HPC forum is BEARISH by nature, so we could be accused of being a bit bias But these expats are having trouble selling their houses and for several months by the looks of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 yes, but they're not housing market geeks like us, are they?.......they're just normal Joes who outnumber us a hundred to one.......hence to quote the ''great ''BBB (aka KOTC) ..it's what they and their like think that will dictate the market NOT what analytical people like us think........ BTW where's ZZG today?.......Is it saturdays he goes and sees his mum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomadd Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 They all seem to naively miss the pointTheir asking prices are too high <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But how can it be too high - she's got it on the market for 85k less than 'similar' properties! Anyone who says it's overvalued is just plain 'rude', as she said. Those were the bits that just cracked me up. No mention of what she actually paid for it, or how much it had shot up in the - probably - short time she'd owned it. No mention of any extensive work/cash she'd ploughed into it to really increase it's value... Just the same old denial. My house is worth XXX because I think it is; it's just those stupid buyers who don't understand. Oh, and the poster at the end takling about the prices being 'right' because an EA - and they are the 'experts on these things' - said so. Absolutely classic. Nomadd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 My car was worth £8k till i crashed it and they towed it away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BufferBear Bitcoin Bull Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Yesterday, 4:30 pm #28 blossom Member Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Holton le Clay, near Grimsby Posts: 38 Re: UK house market has gone very quiet ------------------------------------------------------ Quote: Originally Posted by Medici Without wishing to put a damper on people's expectations, nearly ALL the posts in this thread appear to be in serious denial of something rather fundamental. There are comments about changing agents, hurrying them along, or disbelief that your homes are somehow not selling, or that the market is "very slow". I'm afraid the reality is that if your house is not selling that is because it is too expensive, but no one appears to be able to take this stark fact on board. It appears that you have all become attached to the fantasy that your properties will magically keep on inflating ad infinitum. Just look at the current conditions: A surplus of properties for sale, Buy To Let speculators flooding the market, the highest personal debt on record, House Inflation now way out of sync with earnings, dubious economic indicators for the future. And yet people in this thread still think they are going to achieve a sale probably based on an asking price which is in fantasy land. The solution: LOWER YOUR PRICES. Medici Sorry Medici, but I at no time have quoted what my property is on the market for, but between you and I (and everyone else watching this thread) we have listed our house £85,000 less than a comparable property, that is not only smaller than ours but not as presentable either. So don't qualify your comments by telling us our house prices are inflated (what an ignorant and rude comment) - we are in the unfortunate position of not being in the first or second time around house buyers market. We will look to reduce the price further if we feel it necessary and at this stage if we reduce further it could put buyers off because they may think there is something wrong with the house, when indeed there is not. Blossom Right! Who was it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest consa Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Whilst browsing around i came accross this had to laugh Looks just like this forum, hope they don't get mistaken!! http://s3.invisionfree.com/SBMCC/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Whilst browsing around i came accross this had to laughLooks just like this forum, hope they don't get mistaken!! http://s3.invisionfree.com/SBMCC/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes there are invision boards all over the place.......on the net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark5290 Posted February 6, 2005 Share Posted February 6, 2005 Whilst browsing around i came accross this had to laughLooks just like this forum, hope they don't get mistaken!! http://s3.invisionfree.com/SBMCC/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Some interesting proprty on this site And look at the extras you get with this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 yes the lot on the expat forum seem a bit dim to say the least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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