lotus eater Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I have to admit that I am totally confused by what is happening to house prices in Brighton Asking prices seem to be almost back to 2007 peak AND they seem to be selling. They're not selling much round my way. There are three houses advertised by Golden Lemke round the corner, still with For Sale signs. I'm sure the owners are asking too much and they'll be stuck on the market over the winter. They would have shifted by now if they had come on at least £100,000 less than the asking price. Owners are unrealistic and greedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus eater Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13304379.html This is the one that makes me laugh...£2 mil for a house in kemptown, next door to what looks like an HMO.an would be at least a 25 min walk each way to the station so unlikely to attract acommuter. I was told it belongs to actress Patsy Palmer but so what.... Agent must have confused it with Eaton Place in Belgravia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna1999 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 New to the market!!! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23729524.html?locationIdentifier=OUTCODE^230&sortByPriceDescending=true&maxDaysSinceAdded=1&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E230%26sortByPriceDescending%3Dtrue%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D1 2 bed house! No upstairs bathroom! Near graveyard! Slap bang in studentsville! In area of high pollution concern! A snip at £349, 950 FFS! Quick aside - anyone got any views on Hollingdean - Dip area? Friends considering buying...(yes, I know). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) New to the market!!! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-23729524.html?locationIdentifier=OUTCODE^230&sortByPriceDescending=true&maxDaysSinceAdded=1&pageNumber=1&fromSummary=true&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DOUTCODE%255E230%26sortByPriceDescending%3Dtrue%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D1 2 bed house! No upstairs bathroom! Near graveyard! Slap bang in studentsville! In area of high pollution concern! A snip at £349, 950 FFS! Quick aside - anyone got any views on Hollingdean - Dip area? Friends considering buying...(yes, I know). The market is really very, very, very unstable. The cause? Because the "economic agents" (all of us, the people) (well, actually only people with money and/or credit enough to buy properties, and people who own properties) are very confused, disoriented, anxious, afraid - unstable. And why? Because the size of the bust was so huge, so humongous, and potentially so disastrous, that the measures being tried are extreme, and untested, unprecedented. So it is really not possible to know what will happen. Economics can't help either, as mass behaviour and politics will play a big part in the process. So, in the same day you have 2 respectable analysts in 2 respectable newspapers articles warning of diametrically opposite dangers: deflation in one article, and hyperinflation in the other. This has never happened before. Never in the field of human markets so many people were so confused by so many things. We decided to brace, wait and see. We are spreading our little savings (building it up for a future deposit) in different baskets (20% in Euros, 20% in Yen, and don't know yet what to do with the rest 60%). Now lets wait and see. Just trying to play defence here - in a very unstable country. Edited October 21, 2009 by Tired of waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna1999 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 The market is really very, very, very unstable. The cause? Because the "economic agents" (all of us, the people) (well, actually only people with money and/or credit enough to buy properties, and people who own properties) are very confused, disoriented, anxious, afraid - unstable. And why? Because the size of the bust was so huge, so humongous, and potentially so disastrous, that the measures being tried are extreme, and untested, unprecedented. So it is really not possible to know what will happen. Economics can't help either, as mass behaviour and politics will play a big part in the process. So, in the same day you have 2 respectable analysts in 2 respectable newspapers articles warning of diametrically opposite dangers: deflation in one article, and hyperinflation in the other. This has never happened before. Never in the field of human markets so many people were so confused by so many things. We decided to brace, wait and see. We are spreading our little savings (building it up for a future deposit) in different baskets (20% in Euros, 20% in Yen, and don't know yet what to do with the rest 60%). Now lets wait and see. Just trying to play defence here - in a very unstable country. I tend to agree with you ToW. It does feel like no-one can be sure where things are headed. You sound like you have done all a reasonable, well informed person could do... However, when properties like the one above come on at that price, it does amaze me - that is a bubble on top of a bubble price! As for my friends - they need to move (unusual circumstances) and won't be stretching themselves fortunately. I just wondered if anyone had any views on the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CviewUK Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 This is the one that makes me laugh...£2 mil for a house in kemptown, next door to what looks like an HMO.an would be at least a 25 min walk each way to the station so unlikely to attract acommuter. I was told it belongs to actress Patsy Palmer but so what.... From my favourite paper: Go through the keyhole of some of Brighton's poshest homes 7:00am Tuesday 11th August 2009 http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/4538490.Go_through_the_keyhole_of_some_of_Brighton_s_poshest_homes/ Top homes still up for sale in Brighton and Hove 10:45am Wednesday 14th October 2009 http://www.theargus.co.uk/search/4680954.Top_homes_still_up_for_sale_in_Brighton_and_Hove/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wanna house Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) From my favourite paper: Go through the keyhole of some of Brighton's poshest homes 7:00am Tuesday 11th August 2009 http://www.theargus...._poshest_homes/ Top homes still up for sale in Brighton and Hove 10:45am Wednesday 14th October 2009 http://www.theargus....ghton_and_Hove/ Who's nick berry when hes at home ? is brightons millionaires row inhabited by no mark 'celebrities' and is the argus just there o advertise house ? Edited October 21, 2009 by i wanna house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna1999 Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 and is the argus just there o advertise house ? Yup!! Quick, but important question - does anyone have any experience of using F*x and S*ns in Brighton? Please message me if you don't want to post in here.... Oh, and views on the Dip in Hollingdean still welcomed Not me buying, as I mentioned before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shell Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Anyone catch 'South Today' at the end of News at Ten just now? 200 jobs lost (total losses expeced to be 1500) at Land Registry because house 'transactions have dropped by 75%' and there isn't enough work for them. So market only operating at 1/4 of normal transactions. No wonder things are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveAndLetBuy Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 Yup!! Quick, but important question - does anyone have any experience of using F*x and S*ns in Brighton? Please message me if you don't want to post in here.... Oh, and views on the Dip in Hollingdean still welcomed Not me buying, as I mentioned before... Never actually used F & S, but I'd always go with an independent over a franchise. In Brighton they used to have a poor reputation for having stereotypical, mouthy, "try-it-on" EAs, while outside of Brighton they had a better, more upmarket reputation. Things might have changed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wanna house Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 (edited) Yup!! Quick, but important question - does anyone have any experience of using F*x and S*ns in Brighton? Please message me if you don't want to post in here.... Oh, and views on the Dip in Hollingdean still welcomed Not me buying, as I mentioned before... Dip in Hollingdean i find it a bit odd there . The houses look quite nice and i think some people who live there would rather pretend it was 5 ways. The local shops say all you need to know about the area. A bit depressing but not so bad Oh and the pub at the top , 'the stanmer ' ? has a reputation for fighting Edited October 23, 2009 by i wanna house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wanna house Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 A mistake surely ? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13686843.html?utm_content=ealertspropertylink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdates_jan09&utm_term=buying&onetime_FromEmail=true&sc_id=4087517 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna1999 Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 A mistake surely ? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13686843.html?utm_content=ealertspropertylink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdates_jan09&utm_term=buying&onetime_FromEmail=true&sc_id=4087517 I've noticed three properties go on RM this week all about 75K above the'market' price - ie what other people are asking. That makes them about twice as expensive as they should be then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brightone Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Bean shoots of recovery? (sorry bad joke I know but could not resist) http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4700784.Recession_hit_Brighton_restaurants_are__bouncing_back_/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhodgson Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 A mistake surely ? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13686843.html?utm_content=ealertspropertylink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdates_jan09&utm_term=buying&onetime_FromEmail=true&sc_id=4087517 Says two bedroom at the top and five on the description. They must have tunnelled deep into the earth's core to get five bedrooms in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 A mistake surely ? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-13686843.html?utm_content=ealertspropertylink&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdates_jan09&utm_term=buying&onetime_FromEmail=true&sc_id=4087517 Photos 8 and 9 are of the same (tiny) bedroom, with different bed covers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) Land Registry's fresh data. Average house prices, Sep 2009: Brighton and Hove: £197,275 London Region: £314,954 Comparing indexes in "London Region" (greater London, probably) with Brighton and Hove. Jan 1995 = 100 Edited October 28, 2009 by Tired of waiting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorna1999 Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Land Registry's fresh data. Average house prices, Sep 2009: Brighton and Hove: £197,275 London Region: £314,954 Comparing indexes in "London Region" (greater London, probably) with Brighton and Hove. Jan 1995 = 100 Thanks for that. Doesn't surprise me in the least. Brighton feels like it has been in London's pocket for quite some time now. Not much is coming on the marker (last couple of weeks) in the family, average price bracket. Don't remember it being so slow this time last year. Hmm. How should I view this do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Seeing Eye Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) What do you guys make of this: price up nearly 30% SINCE 2007 peak (24 Gordon Road) and these are on actually SOLD prices!!! See 42 Gordon Road on Zoopla! Ironic eh 'Gordon' Road The only way out I can see is for people to basically do what millions of others around the world do every year and up sticks and emigrate to somewhere where you have a chance. Remaining in the UK you are just a cash cow to finance Gordon Bullsh*t Brown's insanity, the utilities and pay other peoples mortgages, treading water going nowhere, why even bother going to work? You're earning about 20% less now compared to the dollar/euro than 2 years ago, so for people in the eurozone prices (in sane parts of Britain) are down by 40% so may be affordable, but for those stuck here the wrong side of the houseowner line there really is no future, beyond quitting work for a few years and doing a bit of crime to accelerate getting a council house. Decent hard working tax payers have been totally shafted right up the Jacksie by Gordon Browns decade of disaster, but as many of you voted for NuLab you only have yourself to blame. I suggest any wannabe home owners priced out of the market, get sacked (don't resign) from work today, hit the dole and simply refuse to put in when you get nothing out. Most of the other 'put nothing ins' now in their 30's are way ahead of you in their 3 bed semi-detached council houses with nice gardens and the council a mere phone call away to fix anything that goes wrong, all paid for BY YOU!!! LOL. Alternatively get a 200k mortgage, then hit the dole or read up on some disability and let the other suckers pick up the tab for your mortgage, courtesy of Gordon Brown. Join the inverted meritocracy to get ahead. Edited October 29, 2009 by All Seeing Eye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveAndLetBuy Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Thanks for that. Doesn't surprise me in the least. Brighton feels like it has been in London's pocket for quite some time now. Not much is coming on the marker (last couple of weeks) in the family, average price bracket. Don't remember it being so slow this time last year. Hmm. How should I view this do you think? Somebody posted on the main forum that EAs are reporting the market slowing down in general. I'm calling the turning point (for what it's worth ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE20 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd has bought Eubank's ex's house in Medina Terrace, according to the Argus: http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4711083.Pink_Floyd_star_buys_Hove_seafront_mansion/ It looks an impressive building judging by Microsoft's bird's eye view. I wish Google would hurry up and get Streetview finished for B&H so I can get a closer look. Edited October 30, 2009 by SE20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shell Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 In case there are any London buyers out there perusing this thread to get a feel for the place, Brighton and Hove's suicide rate is the second highest in country after Blackpool! http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4711078.Brighton_and_Hove_suicide_rate_is_second_highest_in_country/ So how about Horsham, recently voted as one of the 'best places to live in England'? Or coming up St Leonards with its enormo houses and burgeoning Londonite community? Or lovely civilized Chichester with its great state schools and much cheaper houses than Brighton? Bye bye now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tired of Waiting Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Or lovely civilized Chichester with its great state schools and much cheaper houses than Brighton? Don't listen to him/her London Buyers! Don't come to Chichester! Go to Horsham, or Guildford! I live near Chichester, and whilst its architecture still has an Elgar's Jerusalem appearance (that may please some), in the past 10 years Labour policies have managed to dress the majority of the population in track suits! (Or should I have pronounced "majori-y"). The schools won't put your children in any decent courses in any decent Uni! See the league tables! Besides... a town house, in the town centre is for sale for.. wait for it: 1 million pounds!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus eater Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Don't listen to him/her London Buyers! Don't come to Chichester! Go to Horsham, or Guildford! I live near Chichester, and whilst its architecture still has an Elgar's Jerusalem appearance (that may please some), in the past 10 years Labour policies have managed to dress the majority of the population in track suits! (Or should I have pronounced "majori-y"). You should come to my area of genteel central Hove. Here we now have numerous track suit types with loud, grating voices. They are putting up electric gates or large wrought iron ones with gold embelishments. The 'loads-a-money' - or huge mortgage- brigade are taking over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i wanna house Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 You should come to my area of genteel central Hove. Here we now have numerous track suit types with loud, grating voices. They are putting up electric gates or large wrought iron ones with gold embelishments. The 'loads-a-money' - or huge mortgage- brigade are taking over. couldnt happen to a nicer place ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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