To those selling in these difficult times Part Deux. AKA sellers support network!

azkaban420

NEH wrote: »

and thank you you've reminded me why i don't post so much on this thread anymore which is a shame as it used to be such a helpful thread before those of you who knew supposedly better decided to come and pick pieces off those in trouble...

Please carry on posting NEH, this is a support thread for sellers and the like who are going through the same situation, not a soap-box for a housing prices debate, there's plenty of other forums and threads for that.

No-one knows your house situation as well as you do, and that goes for each poster on this thread trying to sell their own place. Simply bandying to 'drop the price' isn't the miracle cure everyone needs, as by doing so it may not leave the seller enough money to buy the next house, so it's not always do-able. But we've flogged that one enough times I think lol!

Hugs to you (and yes, I don't care if some don't like them)

Az

azkaban420

lauraeast23 wrote: »

Am now live on rightmove !!

Fingers crossed for the viewers to start calling.....

Good luck Laura!

Mazzawa wrote: »

Someone please buy my flat?

Anyone?

please.....

There will be someone out there, and it will happen eventually, have faith

Az

NEH

harz99 wrote: »

To repeat something I said last year; best to ignore the trolls and they will go away, debating with them simply encourages them more.

Well i don't hang around here very often now anyway, i only reply when they personally quote me

harz99

Took a little longer than expected but we are now on the market.

EA's website, RightMove and posted in the EA's window, so just a matter of time (and luck) now.:wave:

80schild

Our house pruchase (which was meant to be straightforward investor-us-no chain) has been dragging on for 6 months.
Firstly it was the vendor taking forever to return paperwork. Then as soon as she was ready our buyer went AWOL, for a week and then finally the solicitor got back in touch with them and they said 'we can exchange in about a month'.

In effect we gazundered ourselves by reducing the asking price to that that the cash buy companies were offering-on condition of imediate exchange, complete. They have now got back in touch saying 'we can exchange and complete right away for that amount'.

I rung the purchase solicitor and told her. She has returned our mortgage advance as I told her we were looking for a new buyer. She said tell them exchange right away with completion on or before 11th March to which I have. Now we wait the reply. Its the days and days between communication which are driving me mad! I think one problem is the fact we are using a different solicitor for selling and purchase (one was instructed by estate agent, the other by mortgage broker). This was definitely a huge mistake on our part:(.

Anyway please keep your fingers crossed for me that we exchange tomorrow!!! I would of pulled out but our purchase property is ideal and a total bargain-we would never find anything big enough in a such good area!

And in another twist, as I type this,-a viewer we had yesterday has just knocked on the door offering us 2k less than the new amount our current buyers are paying (this is too low as its 65% of MV anyway!) but we may be able to get him to increase 1 or 2k!

Jen2girls

Fingers crossed that you exchange tomrrow 80schild!
We had a viewer this evening and another one booked for Saturday. There is definitely more viewers about at the minute. We are getting 1 or 2 most weeks. The ones from this evening however I don't think were particularly interested in buying any property anytime soon. We are going to give it another few weeks before we reduce the price given the increased interest we have had recently. Heres hoping we will get an offer sometime soon. We must have had close to 15 viewings now and not a single offer. Not even a low one X x x

B19jon_2

Well, we've had a busy week of negotiations and accepted and offer this morning only 5k under asking, so we're quite happy with that!

Now choosing a solicitor and setting up some viewings now that we are classed as proceedable buyers!
:j

Thank you to those who have helped us this far, let's hope there are not too many bumps in the road ahead....

Jon

rilou81

WOW GREAT ON THE OFFER!!

Right how many viewings are people getting?

We are hit and miss. Had 2 viewings this week the one tonight cancelled
We have another on sat morning.

crunchyblanket

Good stuff B19jon! Hope it goes smoothly for you

tleefox

Hi Guys - thought I would subscribe to this thread as my girlfriend and I are going to put our house on the market within the next week.

Having read Marcus' excellent thread on saving money for sellers I have negotiated 0.5% off our fees, with no lock-ins with the agent who to begin with was our first choice, so pleased with that aspect of it.

Going to the garden centre this weekend to get a few bits to spruce it up for the photos, and away we go!

Quick question, do we need to get our solicitors involved when we first put the property on the market or not?

Wish us luck!! :cool2: