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How will we know??????
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Then perhaps it isn't "the one"! Ours was definitely love at first sight!
It's a bit romantic, isn't it? It's only a house.
The only big mistake my wife and I made with buying a house was to buy one that we fell in love with. It was really great, and all that I wanted. However, my wife grew to hate it, and we moved out a year later.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Only my personal view but I think the prices have now bottomed out!
Just look at what is happening at the other side of the Atlantic - as soon as financial institutions can off load their bad debt, thing can change overnight.
You don't think that the financial institutions might have finally twigged what caused the bad debt in the first place? If not the banks, then the governments that are having to bail the banks out?No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
The FTSE can change overnight as so much is valued on sentiment. The housing market can't as that is funded by banks and, whilst they may be bailed out, they are left with little funds to lend and they are coming at a higher price.
IF banks started lending furiously again then the housing market would go back to sentiment and the movement depend on sentiment (do FTBs think prices will go up or still down - I suspect down, FTBs are far more savvy now they have learned prices can go up and down )
...sentiment will be nothing until the funds flow through.0 -
Ah well....problem solved, he rejected our offer and had rejected one much higher from someone else, which means we let it go.
Have to say I am not bothered so it obviously wasn't the home for us!!
I no longer have a pressing dilemma but I might be asking the same question when the next potential comes along so thanks for all your advice!
PS.....Ooops yep....20% OFF the asking price Pinkshoes!!0
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