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Putting my house up for dale - big valuation variance

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  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    Put your post code in the sold prices list and start Filtering with sold in the last year and widen the search to look at what's selling.

    Watch every SSTC for their sell through price.

    Good idea to start this the day you decide to sell.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    pimento wrote: »
    So the third agent said £490,000 but wanted £12,000 to sell it!!
    2.45%

    Definitely spicy, but if it gets a sale for £10k more than somebody asking £6k less...
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    £12k?! Run for the hills. Nobody can be charging that in this market around there. As a buyer, would it make much difference who a property is up with? Doubt it. There are some I'd say 'oh poxy hell, that means I've got to deal with I]insert EA[/I' but there's a lot of other choice in a slow/static/cautious market so I certainly wouldn't give them a shot first.
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    PS from those valuations, I'd be tempted to go in at £495k and see what interest you get.
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    hazyjo wrote: »
    PS from those valuations, I'd be tempted to go in at £495k and see what interest you get.

    That's exactly what my husband said.

    I'll keep you posted. ;)
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • Crashy_Time
    Crashy_Time Posts: 13,386 Forumite
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    kazwookie wrote: »
    How much do you want for your house?

    How much do you need for your next house?

    How much is a buyer prepared to pay (borrow) for your house?
  • martin1959
    martin1959 Posts: 363 Forumite
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    pimento wrote: »
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    Some background - We are in a very popular Essex commuter village 50 minutes from Liverpool Street!

    I don’t think I would refer to Hockley as a village 😂😂😂

    Just another suburb of Rayleigh Rochford Southend..... lol
    20 plus years as a mortgage adviser for Halifax (have now retired), and I have pretty much seen it all....:D
  • lookstraightahead
    lookstraightahead Posts: 5,558 Forumite
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    What it's valued at and what a buyer is prepared to pay are two different things. I always allow a 10% difference in asking price to offer price.
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
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    martin1959 wrote: »
    I don’t think I would refer to Hockley as a village 😂😂😂

    Just another suburb of Rayleigh Rochford Southend..... lol

    I'm in Hawkwell which is a village, albeit a big one. ;)
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    11,000+ population is not a village.
    It'd be very close to being the second biggest conurbation in this county...
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