question about houseprices website

Doozergirl

What do you want to know? Whether there was a mortgage? If they remortgaged, the old mortgage company won't be named anymore.

Is it really relevant?

I find sold prices interesting for the purpose of nosing, but not a great deal else. Markets move, you have to compare to what is for sale right now.

Maisie

Doozergirl wrote: »

What do you want to know? Whether there was a mortgage? If they remortgaged, the old mortgage company won't be named anymore.

Is it really relevant?

I find sold prices interesting for the purpose of nosing, but not a great deal else. Markets move, you have to compare to what is for sale right now.

I need 1991 house sale prices for houses similar to mine. Trying to get council tax banding lowered.

I've looked on the nationwide calculator but need others to compare.

Thanks for any help.

emg

I want to know whether it was a different person or not - the vendor said he had had the property for about 2 years and been renting it out. The info on the website suggested that it was sold in may 05 and then again in oct 06. It's now about to be sold again. I'm a bit concerned that the last two buyers have wanted to get rid of it so quickly and that perhaps the current vendor isnt being honest with me.

But I might just be a bit paranoid!

Doozergirl

Maisie wrote: »

I need 1991 house sale prices for houses similar to mine. Trying to get council tax banding lowered.

I've looked on the nationwide calculator but need others to compare.

Thanks for any help.

Sorry sweetie, I wasn't talking to you, you replied before my reply to emg. I should have quoted.

https://www.nethouseprices.com is the one I use most. They're all the same.

https://www.housepricemaps.co.uk would be great if it were reliable!

Maisie

Doozergirl wrote: »

Sorry sweetie, I wasn't talking to you, you replied before my reply to emg. I should have quoted.

https://www.nethouseprices.com is the one I use most. They're all the same.

https://www.housepricemaps.co.uk would be great if it were reliable!

Thanks Doozergirl. I shouldn't have butted in !!

Doozergirl

Maisie wrote: »

Thanks Doozergirl. I shouldn't have butted in !!

Well, at least you got your question answered eventually, even if you did think you were having your head bitten off for asking! :cool:

Maisie

Doozergirl wrote: »

Well, at least you got your question answered eventually, even if you did think you were having your head bitten off for asking! :cool:

I'm thick skinned !

Those sites only show prices for 2000 onwards. I need 1991 prices.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Doozergirl

You use the HPI calculator to work out what the house would have been worth in 1991 based on the selling price post 2000 of either your house or an identical one.

Doozergirl

I'm quoting from Martin's article here:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1160141972,18232,

STEP 2. Check house price values for free

The second search method is even more revealing. Go to Nethouseprices, which gives a free search of the prices of all houses sold in your street since 2000.

We want to find the most recent sale price of a similar property to yours, in your street. Find the closest match and then note down both the price and the time of sale.

STEP 3: Calculate your house value at 1991 levels

Now we need to take the details from STEP 2, and use it to work out what your house would've been worth in 1991. This is because the bands are decided by your 1991 house price value, so it's a good second check.

To do this go to the Nationwide House Price Calculator. This is actually designed for people to put in their house price when they bought it, and work out what it's worth now. Yet it is possible to use it in reverse to get a rough value back in 1991.

How to get the calculator to do it

Scroll down the page to the calculator
In ‘Property value' note the sales price as from Step 2
In ‘Valuation date 1' enter the sales date from Step 2 (and make sure you put down which quarter of the year it was).
In Valuation date 2' enter 1991, and Q2

Then click calculate, the results (rather strangely) appear just above the calculator. You should now have a rough idea of your house price value in 1991; compare this to the actual bandings, to see what banding you should be in.