An estate agent told me the market is falling.

ruggedtoast

chucky wrote: »

not that it tells you much but the agent i've always used in the past has started to contact me about buying again.

either there isn't enough buyers out there and they need more viewings or he's just finding out how i'm keeping...

I get the impression its quite quiet. They have been following up a lot but at the end of the day you can only offer what you can offer.

If we were going to go up to what the vendors want then there are some other houses at that level I'd look at first.

doire_2

Blacklight wrote: »

You still have to work every hour god sends to pay the rent though. Plus you have no prospect of ever getting off that treadmill until you're about 70, or whatever retirement age is by the time you're that age.

Then what? Who keeps a roof over your head then?

At least if you buy a place you can give up work at some point, or at least cut your hours so you can enjoy you life.

I never understood the 'I'm happy renting for the rest of my life' argument.

In my case....rent is lower...i could buy now so im not sure where you get retirement age from? No point in me buying now as prices are atill falling.

doire_2

chucky wrote: »

DoireIcan'tAffordtoBuyaHouseSoIBlameEveryoneElseInstead society...

More nonsense from you. :rotfl:

You haven't a clue about my circumstances so stop making yourself look a muppet.

I could quite easily start the process of buying now but why should i when prices are still falling?

chucky

doire wrote: »

More nonsense from you.

You haven't a clue about my circumstances so stop making yourself look a muppet.

I could quite easily start the process of buying now but why should i when prices are still falling?

relax sunshine - it's only an internet forum. you're taking yourself a bit too seriously now...

i'm sure you could buy... but it's not us you have to try to impress, we're not interested...

back in your box now, be a good lad it's not feeding time yet....

doire_2

chucky wrote: »

relax sunshione - it's only an internet forum. you're taking yourself a bit too seriously now...

i'm sure you could buy... but it's not us you have to try to impress, we're not interested...

back in your box now, be a good lad it's not feeding time yet....

Actually its home time. Another week of hard work completed.

Im out on the beer in a few hours. Care to join us chucky?:beer: Oh thats right............i forgot

Niv

If the market is falling in my area then a house recently sold on the market for 110k (sold 105k) would have to drop to sell at 92-95k to be inline with house prices (sales) from 5 years ago. This is based on what my hose sold for 5 years ago and what is being asked for houses the same as that. My house was is very good condition too so it wasnt sold 'cheap' due to condition. This is a like for like comparison fo house type/condition BUT is the situation I am aware of, not relying on stats which most of us knwo can be used to prove anything.

I am not going to argue the with the 'house prices are falling' brigade, but for them to fall significantly in my area they would have to be selling for alot less than asking and I cant see that happening tbh.

System

chucky wrote: »

relax sunshione - it's only an internet forum. you're taking yourself a bit too seriously now...

i'm sure you could buy... but it's not us you have to try to impress, we're not interested...

back in your box now, be a good lad it's not feeding time yet....

Another one

"House prices are too high!! How are FTBers supposed to save a deposit??

Oh.. er.. except me, I er, I have £100k in the bank and work as an astronaut, yeah. I'm just waiting for a crash, that's all."

chucky

Joeskeppi wrote: »

Another one

"House prices are too high!! How are FTBers supposed to save a deposit??

Oh.. er.. except me, I er, I have £100k in the bank and work as an astronaut, yeah. I'm just waiting for a crash, that's all."

they always seem to have a 'large depost' so that they can buy a house...

these 'large deposts' must be standard issue for a ghetto HPCer like little Doire... but what is it a large deposit of... it's probably monopoly money...

Graham_Devon

chucky wrote: »

they always seem to have a 'large depost' so that they can buy a house...

these 'large deposts' must be standard issue for a ghetto HPCer like little Doire... but what is it a large deposit of... it's probably monopoly money...

You have a funny way of showing you are not interested in doire?

chucky

Graham_Devon wrote: »

You have a funny way of showing you are not interested in doire?

you have a funny way of showing that you're not interested in me... no wait...