Thursday, Jul 24, 2008

John Parker, we salute you!

Metro: Property for sale dropping £1,000 per week

This chap has finally got the message! I hope we find out the result of his Dutch auction.

Posted by mark wadsworth @ 10:03 AM (868 views) Add Comment

12 Comments

1. Whostolemyendowment said...

Maybe we can have a new digital TV channel - along the lines of price-drop-TV......call it how-low-will-it-go-TV

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:07AM Report Comment
 

2. martin said...

The photo shows under offer, if thats an offer of the £121,000 wednesday price, then its not quite 20% so not such a dramatic drop.

Good idea none the less.

I'm currently watching a house that was £425,000 and just been reduced to £355,000. When it gets to about £250,000 I might take the plunge (£2000 a week for a year ought to do the trick)

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:15AM Report Comment
 

3. techieman said...

Its the price-drop TV concept!

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:22AM Report Comment
 

4. harold said...

I've been watching a property in Cambridge that 6 months ago was on for 590k. Today it's on for OIRO K430. Ouch.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:27AM Report Comment
 

5. need-a-crash said...

What an idiot. If people know he'll know £1k off a week they'll just keep waiting, better to knock a large chunk off (to an affordable level) and then leave it for 6 months.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:02AM Report Comment
 

6. nooneo said...

Ive been watching a commercial/residential property in wales thats gone from £525k to £395k in under 6 months - no buyers yet. I personally think it's not going to sell until it's under 300k if then.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:03AM Report Comment
 

7. Stevo said...

I am waiting untill it gets so bad that the vendor throws in the car with the house, with a full tank of petrol, and lawn mower, and and and

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:09AM Report Comment
 

8. symo said...

Please tell this was on the front page this morning.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:17AM Report Comment
 

9. Dead Spider said...

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-18526910.rsp?pa_n=3&tr_t=buy

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:22AM Report Comment
 

10. mark wadsworth said...

Symo, I'm afraid not - it was about page 6 or 8.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:24AM Report Comment
 

11. Karellen said...

need-a-crash : Yes, but the longer you leave it, the more likely it is that someone else will decide that it's cheap enough for them, and put in an offer before you. This is especially true if anyone is looking at it as a long-term home and expecting to stay at least 10-15 years.

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_auction

Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:55PM Report Comment
 

12. P. O. O. R said...

Hi All - Its been a long time since I last posted - So thought I would comment on this one. Looked the house up on price checker and it sold for 56K in Nov 2001 - I reckon prices are going to drop back to levels seen around this time, allowing for a little added inflation- so I guess the vendor will be achieving somewhere in the region of 60 - 70K.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 03:21PM Report Comment
 

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