Pent Up Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At least the one referred to here is. From the MSE house selling thread. (please don't post there, just leave them to it.) http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1707749&page=291 Well, spoke to the EA yesterday and the buyer really cant afford any more than he is offering. The EA gave me the flannel that house prices are dropping at 150quid a day and im not going to get a better offer, blah blah sales speil. In the end I haggled with them over their fee`s and got them down from 2% to 1.5% of the selling price, and accepted the buyers low offer, which is 10k less than I wanted.Looking on Mouse Prices, ive just sold my house for the same price as houses in my street were selling back in 2002/2003 !!!!!!!!!!!!! and 30k less than it was worth 2 years ago. I appreciate things are lower than 2008, but didnt think they were down to 2002/2003 prices yet. Im so angry about it all. All that money you spend doing a house up so its perfect and its made no difference to the house prices. Now, the house ive just bought ive had to pay top wack for and just can not afford to do it up as good and nice as I did in my current house. Makes me feel im some sort of charity. Buy a house, spend a fortune doing up and sell it cheap so the next person benefits. Some EAs do understand the market and know they need to pressure sellers into dropping rather than buyers into upping which most likely they won't be able to do. I think this guys problem was that he didn't take advantage of the buyers Market when he was buying his new house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoto Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 God, that reads as though he has taken it as a personal insult. They didn't have to sell if they didn't want! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damik Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At least the one referred to here is. From the MSE house selling thread. (please don't post there, just leave them to it.) http://forums.moneys...707749&page=291 Some EAs do understand the market and know they need to pressure sellers into dropping rather than buyers into upping which most likely they won't be able to do. I think this guys problem was that he didn't take advantage of the buyers Market when he was buying his new house. reality bites .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybong Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) Looking on Mouse Prices, ive just sold my house for the same price as houses in my street were selling back in 2002/2003 !!!!!!!!!!!!! and 30k less than it was worth 2 years ago. I appreciate things are lower than 2008, but didnt think they were down to 2002/2003 prices yet. Looks like he was caught by the EA / VI flannel in 2008. "It's just a temporary dip and they'll soon be higher than peak." Part NuLabour temporary dip/growth soon back on track election hype as well. None of the parties really admitted the scale of the problems right upto the general election and although the coalition says it's worse than expected so the policies are harsh but they still won't explain why it's worse. Just another form of scam. He lost money on that property. That's what happens with scam based housing. Edited November 17, 2010 by billybong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_FaFa!_* Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) I think this guys problem was that he didn't take advantage of the buyers Market when he was buying his new house. He seems mainly peed off at the fact that a similar house he sees as a doer upper sold on his road 2 months back for 172k, whereas his house has had work on it, but he has had to take an offer of 155k. TBH I have some pity for him and his pricing strategy seemed reasonable to me. Edited November 17, 2010 by FaFa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCountOfNowhere Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At least the one referred to here is. From the MSE house selling thread. (please don't post there, just leave them to it.) http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1707749&page=291 Some EAs do understand the market and know they need to pressure sellers into dropping rather than buyers into upping which most likely they won't be able to do. I think this guys problem was that he didn't take advantage of the buyers Market when he was buying his new house. Funniest thing i've read on here in weeks....thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepLurker Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Posts like that cheer me up; no matter how stupid I feel sometimes, there are far more stupid people out there PS Muppet hasn't said how much he paid for his house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reck B Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Makes me feel im some sort of charity. Buy a house, spend a fortune doing up and sell it cheap so the next person benefits. Speechless. This has to be a wind up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 s/he should write to Red Milipede, this sounds like just the kind of injustice he'd bang on about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonBrownSpentMyFuture Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Funniest thing i've read on here in weeks....thanks. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybernoid Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I'm angry too. All that money I spent on my car, getting it MOTd every year, all those miles I put on it and all that wear and tear I've built up all this time, and i have to sell it for LESS than I originally paid!!! Has the world gone mad!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Ap Word Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 I'm angry too. All that money I spent on my car, getting it MOTd every year, all those miles I put on it and all that wear and tear I've built up all this time, and i have to sell it for LESS than I originally paid!!! Has the world gone mad!?! +1 .. and all the lies I believed when I bought the car (even sounds like a Golf ... anyone?) ... would make me very angry if I was disillusioned of the lie I had so depesrately wanted to believe back when I bought the house. I thought you 'do up a house' in order to enjoy the daily benefits of the work (nice kitchen etc etc etc) ... not in order to get the money back at some point and then foist your taste/style choices on some budget-stretched 'ladder wannabe lemming' ... worse yet if he MEWed in order to affords the house alterations. Aidanapword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darwin Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Is he angry because he went and sold his house before looking on Mouseprice, instead of the other way round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealthy Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Makes me feel im some sort of charity. Buy a house, spend a fortune doing up and sell it cheap so the next person benefits. Oh the irony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilroy Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Is he angry because he went and sold his house before looking on Mouseprice, instead of the other way round? I couldn't resist; had to add "To add insult to injury they will probably rip out your things and do it up to their own taste funded by the savings they made. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protect Rural England Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 FOOLS BUILD HOUSES FOR WISE MEN TO LIVE IN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibley's Love Child Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 FOOLS BUILD HOUSES FOR WISE MEN TO LIVE IN I think you missed out 'Confucius say' as a prefix. As you were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiJohnHurt Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At least the one referred to here is. From the MSE house selling thread. (please don't post there, just leave them to it.) http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1707749&page=291 The MSE thread = mwahahahaha. HPC is here muthaf=ckas, and it looks like it isn't going to respect shiny kitchens or wet rooms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGetReadyToTumble Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) He sells for discount and buys at 'top wack'?????? Edited November 18, 2010 by LetsGetReadyToTumble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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