Scottish Property... opinions?

Ali1501

Not sure how many Scot's here but I was wondering what you have noticed in your area as regards to house prices? Have you noticed an the increase in fixed prices? Drop in 'offers over' prices? etc. Just wondering on peoples view's. You get a lot of ideas on this forum about England property sales but very little north of the boarder. I'm in Aberdeen and apparently we are not effected :rolleyes:

fatpig_2

Ali1501 wrote: »

. I'm in Aberdeen and apparently we are not effected :rolleyes:

Only a short matter of time before you join the rest of us in House Price Crash land

jackieb

Ali1501 wrote: »

Not sure how many Scot's here but I was wondering what you have noticed in your area as regards to house prices? Have you noticed an the increase in fixed prices? Drop in 'offers over' prices? etc. Just wondering on peoples view's. You get a lot of ideas on this forum about England property sales but very little north of the boarder. I'm in Aberdeen and apparently we are not effected :rolleyes:

I think i'm in the same area as you. I think houses are taking a bit longer to shift but I haven't seen much price drops - although I have seen more fixed prices lately. I sold my house after one day, in May. There is an identical house to the one I sold, which has been up for sale for almost 2 months now and that hasn't moved. Saying that, I think it's overpriced. My one was on at O/O £95k and I got £105k for it. This other one is on at a fixed price of £123k.

Ali1501

fatpig wrote: »

Only a short matter of time before you join the rest of us in House Price Crash land

good for me then

Ali1501

jackieb wrote: »

I think i'm in the same area as you. I think houses are taking a bit longer to shift but I haven't seen much price drops - although I have seen more fixed prices lately. I sold my house after one day, in May. There is an identical house to the one I sold, which has been up for sale for almost 2 months now and that hasn't moved. Saying that, I think it's overpriced. My one was on at O/O £95k and I got £105k for it. This other one is on at a fixed price of £123k.

hmm is the 123k one in Kintore road, Aberdeen?

jackieb

Ali1501 wrote: »

hmm is the 123k one in Kintore road, Aberdeen?

No, i'm not actually in Aberdeen. I thought you were in Mintlaw. I'm north of there.

Ali1501

jackieb wrote: »

No, i'm not actually in Aberdeen. I thought you were in Mintlaw. I'm north of there.

Oh that's right :doh: Moved babe Have been in Ellon since Dec 07, renting after selling.

Ali1501

jackieb wrote: »

No, i'm not actually in Aberdeen. I thought you were in Mintlaw. I'm north of there.

Just to mention, there's houses that came on the Market before mine in Nov 07 and are still on now. There are 3 properties in a village near Mintlaw (used to be a highly desirable place) been on for at least 4 months, just not shifted, not bad prices either. I think because they are in the 'first time buyers' bracket they just won't sell. FTB just dont have the deposit The caper of raising the Stamp Duty won't make any difference if you have no deposit to help get a mortgage.:rolleyes:

LilacPixie

I'm in Dundee. Alot more appears to be going to fixed price but is then selling. One we half considered was o/o 119k stayed on for 3 weeks like that then moved to fixed 125k and sold within a few days.

Flats under 100k seem to be moving well too. I guess thats because Dundee isn't that big and there is 2 uni's so the rental potential is there.

I'm sure the crash will arrive up here soon. There are no 100% mortgages, 90%'s are getting rare too. Cost of living is rising and wages are not. This is true of pretty much the whole country I think.

JCD_Capulet

Where I live (just on the outskirts of glasgow) prices have been dropping pretty badly, buyers are hard to find, more and more for sale signs are going up, and on monday after being on the market since june 07 my mums house was reposessed. It's all pretty !!!!!!

jackieb

Ali1501 wrote: »

Just to mention, there's houses that came on the Market before mine in Nov 07 and are still on now. There are 3 properties in a village near Mintlaw (used to be a highly desirable place) been on for at least 4 months, just not shifted, not bad prices either. I think because they are in the 'first time buyers' bracket they just won't sell. FTB just dont have the deposit The caper of raising the Stamp Duty won't make any difference if you have no deposit to help get a mortgage.:rolleyes:

My husband has said the same. There's another house that's been up for sale since before we sold in May. Semi-detached, granite, offers over £116k. Normally that would have been snapped up. He said that market is aimed at FTB's and lenders just aren't offering 100% mortgages anymore.