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Are house prices in Herts cooling off?

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  • Annie1960
    Annie1960 Posts: 3,009 Forumite
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    So, maybe the estate agent was wrong. Who'd have thought it?
  • Thrugelmir
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    Annie1960 wrote: »
    So, maybe the estate agent was wrong. Who'd have thought it?

    Who would you believe? Anonymous internet posters or someone who markets property for their living in your locality. ;)
  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,389 Forumite
    I would still favour the faceless internet posters to be more honest than an EA .... they simply cannot help themselves.
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  • jebervic
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    Watford seems to be booming
  • vivatifosi
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    I'm in Herts. House prices are very strong here and no signs of slowing, but I guess it depends on what part of Herts you are in. As has already been said, not growing as fast as London, but growth is respectable and I would say more so for the past couple of months. I'm in West Hertfordshire.
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  • Annie1960
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    vivatifosi wrote: »
    I'm in Herts. House prices are very strong here and no signs of slowing, but I guess it depends on what part of Herts you are in. As has already been said, not growing as fast as London, but growth is respectable and I would say more so for the past couple of months. I'm in West Hertfordshire.

    I'm in St Albans, which has certainly been booming up until recently. This is why I was surprised when the EA said the market was cooling off (but this was a young EA from a company I did not choose to market my property). Maybe he was just annoyed I signed up with one of his competitors? Who knows? It just took my by surprise, but it seems he is a lone voice.
  • michaels
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    Annie1960 wrote: »
    I'm in St Albans, which has certainly been booming up until recently. This is why I was surprised when the EA said the market was cooling off (but this was a young EA from a company I did not choose to market my property). Maybe he was just annoyed I signed up with one of his competitors? Who knows? It just took my by surprise, but it seems he is a lone voice.

    Would you be interested in a 3/4 bed detached on a good road near the best schools with huge scope to extend for 650?
    I think....
  • chucknorris
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    Can't speak for Herts (no local knowledge) but London is booming and Surrey (at least our part, Dorking) seems to be going up too.
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  • caronoel
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    Good article in the Times yesterday on how the boom is spreading out from Central London to the big commuter towns of the South East.

    St Albans was called out as one of the places with the fastest house price growth.
  • CKhalvashi
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    michaels wrote: »
    Would you be interested in a 3/4 bed detached on a good road near the best schools with huge scope to extend for 650?

    I can do an extended 5 bed Victorian semi on a good road near the best schools, with scope to extend for 795.

    Both of which are on the market at the moment :)
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