There's no hope!

wymondham

If Carol gets caught out by falling prices then surely we're all doomed??!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080688/Countdown-conundrum-Carol-Vorderman-takes-800-000-price-flat.html

Realy

Cost of the resession.
She is out of work and probably has one of those ocean finance loans she advertises.:rotfl:
You can be clever but it usualy means you have no common sence.

baby_boomer

Sounds like she's still making a profit of half a million. Not too shabby.

I can't feel that sorry for her!

fatpig_2

I'm sure that all the people she encouraged to take out rip-off financial plans will be delighted to hear that he has had to drop the price on her multi-million pound flat. :mad:

dopester

The headline is about cutting £800,000 from her asking price, but the reality seems much worse.

Vorderman put the Thameside flat – which overlooks parliament – on the market in May for £5.75m.

But Carol - who made her name with her mathematical ability on Channel 4s Countdown show - has now reportedly reduced the price to £4.95m due to the property slump.

And she may have to settle for less as her most serious bidder is said to be offering just £3.5m.

!!!!!!.. a flat at £3.5 million ! Get real Carol. Year 2002 was a booming economy built on debt.

Lets see if her big money fees and advertising earnings cover her liabilities and obligations.

"In the '90s, when I had money to buy property other than the one I was living in, I started to buy an awful lot off-plan, particularly on the waterfront in London. I would often sell before completion: you put 10 per cent down, sell early and make money on your 10 per cent rather than on the full amount. I have bought a lot of property, and it has been a passion. Every time I go on holiday, that's what I do. I go to estate agents and developments, much to the aggravation of anyone I'm with. Over the years, not talking about where I've lived, but as investments, I've bought about 20 properties."

http://ukhousebubble.blogspot.com/2008/10/voderman-cant-sell-her-flat.html

dopester

In a concession to the property slump, the price tag has now been reduced to £4.95m. It is possible Vorderman may have to settle for even less as her most serious bidder is understood to be offering just £3.5m.

http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article5014713.ece

Max_Headroom_3

wymondham wrote: »

If Carol gets caught out by falling prices then surely we're all doomed??!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080688/Countdown-conundrum-Carol-Vorderman-takes-800-000-price-flat.html

For a nasty moment there I thought you meant our own CarolT!

I was going to say, it couldn't possibly have got that bad surely? :eek:

lynzpower

The split-level property has floor-to-ceiling windows and purple neon-lit walls. Neighbours include Lord Archer and Frank Skinner, the comedian.

Surely another reason why the value has tanked

mystic_trev

darktrader

Paid £2.9M for a flat? A flat... (2002. I don't care when - sheer madness. Her and her neighbours - barmy, the lot of them.)

carolt

Max_Headroom wrote: »

For a nasty moment there I thought you meant our own CarolT!

I was going to say, it couldn't possibly have got that bad surely? :eek:

No, I'm never wrong....

But I couldn't afford even the positively paltry £3.5 million either, I'm afraid.

Yes - I must admit, I wondered for a split second if you meant me too....