Estate Agents 'Patter'

MrsJam

Cakeguts wrote: »

What do they pay a premium for and how much?

I wouldn't know, I don't live there.

But if you look at the sold prices on RM people are paying more in Greenfield for similar properties in other parts of Oldham.

Alderbank

hazyjo wrote: »

Weird. Dying to know what's to the right of it that they're trying to hide! Doesn't look like it's on streetview yet.

Worry no more about what's next door. It is an identical house, also for sale. It has been up for sale since last summer and is priced £20,000 higher. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-60730652.html

Intriguingly, although they are identical, next door 'would suit a family buyer being close to the local park...

amateur_house

MrsJam wrote: »

I wouldn't know, I don't live there.

But if you look at the sold prices on RM people are paying more in Greenfield for similar properties in other parts of Oldham.

Greenfield is expensive, it's one of the areas I considered but couldn't afford.

Cakeguts

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-65666909.html Here is another one. Popular development isn't it.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/Greenfield-11342.html There are a lot of this style of house and none of them have sold.

amateur_house

If you tick the 'include sstc' option the number of properties goes up from 42 to 71 so things in the area generally are selling, nothing on that road though. It all seems very overpriced to me.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E11342&includeSSTC=true

Cakeguts

amateur_house wrote: »

If you tick the 'include sstc' option the number of properties goes up from 42 to 71 so things in the area generally are selling, nothing on that road though. It all seems very overpriced to me.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E11342&includeSSTC=true

Choice of 5 properties on that road in that development.

Tiners

amateur_house wrote: »

If you tick the 'include sstc' option the number of properties goes up from 42 to 71 so things in the area generally are selling, nothing on that road though. It all seems very overpriced to me.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/find.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E11342&includeSSTC=true

Using the number of properties showing as SSTC on Rightmove is a a very poor indicator of how active a market is in my opinion... the last property I sold was still showing up on Rightmove as SSTC 5 MONTHS after the sale had been completed, obviously just an estate agent ploy to make it look like lots of properties are selling and you need to dive in now and buy before it's too late.

Tiners

Cakeguts wrote: »

What do they pay a premium for and how much?

Oldham isn't just a northern milltown, it's a large metropolitan borough with a large rural area, Greenfield, Uppermill, Delph, Saddleworth are all very nice areas.

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Tiners wrote: »

Oldham isn't just a northern milltown, it's a large metropolitan borough with a large rural area, Greenfield, Uppermill, Delph, Saddleworth are all very nice areas.

That's Estate agent speak!

Oldham was named the most deprived town in England last year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35842488

Red-Squirrel_2

ringo_24601 wrote: »

That's Estate agent speak!

Oldham was named the most deprived town in England last year - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35842488

Saddleworth though is very leafy and affluent. It is historically part of Yorkshire and only came under the administration of Oldham council in the 70s.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/dec/09/lets-move-to-saddleworth-greater-manchester