offers over 120...

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

why does everyone always jump on saying "offer 10% less"..

there are some realistic sellers out there.. whos to say the house isnt "valued" (hate that!) at 150k and they want a quick sale hence 120k...

nobody here knows the house, knows the area etc etc etc

this thread is useless without a rightmove link! :-)

Zelie

ROFL!

There is no point offering extra money if you can pay less. Common sense says offer less and work up. Sure it *may* be offered at a lot less than the owners think it's worth - but their valuation is irrelevant. It's the buyers who decide how much it's worth and that will be seen in the final sale price.

sazzy6

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-10255230.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

here you go

headoutthesand

Evening

As previous poster said, in Scotland you will only see house on the market for either Offers Over or Fixed Price.

Basically if you want about £100,000 for your house you should market it at O/O £90,000 (or there abouts). It means there is a bit of bidding going on and you may end up paying more than you want but on the other hand it means if only 1 person offers £95,000 then the seller can still decide to accept.

If you want a fixed price and no-one is interested in putting in an offer then the only way to go is to reduce the price which could mean starting at FP of £100,000 and reducing it to £95,000.

That can sometimes put buyers off but on the other hand it means that if you put in a bid then you know you are actually getting the house.

Maybe the EA is trying to get the OO into fashion in England :rotfl:

telfordwhite

sazzy6 wrote: »

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-10255230.rsp?pa_n=1&tr_t=buy

here you go

Last one sold for 107k in february. (no 15)

I wouldn't be paying more than that.

74jax

As an estate agent, I use the nethouseprices for comparable prices every day. I agree with a previous thread. Only offer what you think the house is worth. An agent only gives a guide price, a house is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If one sold for 107k in Feb and it's the same bedrooms/decor etc then I wouldn't be paying more than 105k now.
PS - not eveyone is entitled to see a HIP, you can request but the seller can refuse. Every estate agents needs a paper based copy in their office and anyone viewing the copy needs their details recorded. The copy cannot leave the office. An electronic link can be provided to view online but again it can be refused. It is sent to the solicitor on notification of sale.

ginvzt

74jax wrote: »

PS - not eveyone is entitled to see a HIP, you can request but the seller can refuse. Every estate agents needs a paper based copy in their office and anyone viewing the copy needs their details recorded. The copy cannot leave the office. An electronic link can be provided to view online but again it can be refused. It is sent to the solicitor on notification of sale.

Well, the legislation is quite clear: they can refuse if they think I can't afford the house (I can), I am not the person buying the house (I am) or the seller doesn't want to sell to me (well, the seller haven't met me, the house is for sale since march and as of this time, there are no other interested parties). So, they can refuse to provide me a copy of HIP and loose the possible sale (we are really interested in the house, but we are not going to buy if we are not provided HIP).

turbobob

One of my local EA's (Darlow's which I beleive are part of SpicerHaart) seems to have changed a fair percentage of their properties to "offers over" recently. Don't really know whats with that, it seems laughable in todays climate :rotfl:

jaype

Many of the properties I have seen on Rightmove put their HIP online -or at least, the energy certificate which is the meat of the thing? Not sure why the EA is being precious. Unless they control all the decent properties in the area so making an enemy of them would be inadvisable, I'd be tempted to put a little not explaining things through the vendor's door. Doubt they'd be pleased to be paying thousands in fees to someone who can't be arsed to send an email.

ginvzt

Well, if they won't give us a copy we will be requesting to speak with the vendor. The problem is that the vendor doesn't live at the property anymore. Although there is someone taking care of the place, so if we put a note through the door, they might be able to pass it. I am thinking a call to some authorities would help, don't you?