To those selling in these difficult times

scurr

Have an offer at last - house valued at 140, asking price 119, offer is 120.

Davesnave

scurr wrote: »

Have an offer at last - house valued at 140, asking price 119, offer is 120.

You may have to talk us through this one a bit. In the Scottish system, do they have to offer at least the asking price? You are being offered 15% or so below valuation, so is that acceptable, bearing in mind that, overall, the falls in prices have been less severe north of the border?

Put simply, how do you feel about it?

LouBlue

pawpurrs wrote: »

Can I ask the average amount of viewings to sale, what sort of offers if any you are recieving?

Flat's been on the market 7 months, 4 viewings, no offers. Can't drop it anymore as we obviously need to to pay off the mortgage and the fees, (there will be no equity left in it). We are still about £4k off what similar flats seem to be selling for. So not much we can do apart from sit tight and keep saving up.

aurora_borealis_2

aurora_borealis wrote: »

Have had my feedback:

Viewers 1: want something bigger (haven't sold theirs anyway)

Viewer 2: didn't want something as big :rotfl: but loved everything about the house and loved the feel of it. Has gone away to think about it

That was saturday and nothing since

I hoped the 2nd one would be back.

Davesnave

aurora_borealis wrote: »

That was saturday and nothing since

I hoped the 2nd one would be back.

Unfortunately, the property scene seems as if it's going into hibernation. I haven't had a Rightmove e-mail for any of my 5 search areas this week, though they're scheduled for every 24 hours. Nothing new either on any of the web sites I visit.

Don't write your second viewers off yet. They may need to compare your property with some smaller ones to see how they really feel.

pawpurrs

AB people are taking ages to make their mind up as they feel there is no rush at the moment.
Gone dead as a dodo here, no viewings or intrest for the last three weeks, although one was booked in a couple of weeks ago for friday. feeling pretty desponant and trapped here.

EagerLearner

We are FTB and we're definately not looking around Xmas, we were going to look in March bur on a recent podcast I listened to, experts were warning not to go near property for 12-18 months. Looks gloomy. However, we'd plan to be in our property for at least 3-5 years, so we're not sure what to do now...

LouBlue

EagerLearner wrote: »

I listened to, experts were warning not to go near property for 12-18 months. Looks gloomy.

Oh don't say that, we have been wanting to move for a year now, with our place having been on for 7 months.

rs82uk

EagerLearner wrote: »

We are FTB and we're definately not looking around Xmas, we were going to look in March bur on a recent podcast I listened to, experts were warning not to go near property for 12-18 months. Looks gloomy. However, we'd plan to be in our property for at least 3-5 years, so we're not sure what to do now...

I was thinking of going in again in feb to make some offers but Im now thinking of waiting till the tail end of next year instead. Sellers down this neck of the woods still being very slow to make reductions.

pawpurrs

Oi you two this is a support thread for vendors, dont make us feel worse