Well it been on the market now for about 9 weeks and we have had loads of interest and only one offer - how this fell through. We are on the market with Dixons and they messed it up, they didnt get back to the girl in time so she thought we werent accepting however we had. Anyway still on market with two agents but still no offers, the house is one bedroomed and very well done out modern and at only £87995 we thought it would fly out so did our families and the agents. Getting really depressed about it as we found house and its being reserved for us, however today as its been reserved for one month today it will be reviewed. I dont want to lose this house but think we might. Is it me or is the housing market slowing down and no one is buying. Not sure i can do anything else, oh i so just want to sell.

I smell a rat.

Excuse me - i am not a rat just new

Does anyone know how I cut and paste the entire forum into the Reply box?

Could be a troll, could be genuine..

The great thing is that we are not sure, which kinda shows that the market is cooling down to the extent that a story like this is now plausable

What do you think? Many people are saying that, outside London, the housing market is dead.

Have you also posted on the C4 4homes forum? You might get more support there than here, to be honest!

If it's a troll, it's a troll.
If it's not, the price is too high.

The former.

How about a link to the sales website so we can all offer helpful suggestions about how to market it to maximum advantage ? Or just tell us the town and we'll spend our time searching property websites until we find it !

Ok guys i cant believe i came on here for some help and advice and your thoughts, here he link to the house

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-161...=1&tr_t=buy


Please dont call me a troll - love to know why you all think that

Is it because Dixons is an electrical retailer? Try an estate agent..

Dont think there is any need to be rude

Ah, it's because it's in Tipton.

Why is tipton a problem and however said Dixons is an electrical retailer are you just pretending to be thick and stupid or are you like that by nature, Yes i am from the west midlands and some of tipton is rough but so is some of london and other areas. I live on a nice estate and done the house up really nice. I am just a genuine seller getting stressed.

Well, my guess would be that as a one bedroom, you are up against flats. Have flats collapsed yet in your area? they will apparently be the first to go in a crash. It looks well presented enough.

I would rent if you get to sell it though. Upgrading is not really the thing at the moment.

Crikey, sense of humour failure

The irony.

Dont really want to rent - its dead money. Not sure if flats have collasped yet, will check that one out Thanks. Why do you say that upgrading is the thing at the moment, should we be waiting til the crash, thing is if we wait do you think that my house will sell and i may get the other house cheaper - sorry you will have to excuse me i have only ever brought one house so dont know the selling procedure or never really followed the market.

I would say that these sort of houses are the hardest to shift at the moment since this end of the market was propped up by BTL and the figures no longer make it viable.If you look what these places were fetching in about 2003 that is probably where the market is now at in the Midlands.The Haliwide indicies often lead vendors to assume that they should be making a profit on what they paid.

Well done for showing your house on this site.Most members are so secretive that it stifles debate.

Just drop the price and you'll be sorted - it's obviously not worth what it's on for.

Oh no - that statement will not go down well here

For a few grand more you can get 3 beds

Kaz, it looks to me as if a few small-minded people (who are priced out of the housing market?) and are jealous of you because you own your own roof.

7 weeks is not long in the scheme of things. If the price is right you'll sell.

We have thought about this but cant drop it too much, we have only earned about 14000 on it if we sell for 86000. We were advised by dixons to keep to that price as it should go and it gives us something to play with. If we dont sell with agents we could drop to about 84500 and still be comfortable.

Renting is not dead money if you are going to lose thousands in a crash.

You would be the one that gains, IF you can sell your house. Upgrading is NOt the thing at the moment, because of the crash that most of us on here believe will now happen.

Yes you can in a crap area.

Not sure how long you have lived there Kaz,but would reckon owning these sort of places since 2003 in the Midlands has been more expensive than paying rent,since they have not appreciated at all but you are servicing a debt or could be covering the rent in interest earned.

£14,000? oh! You will lose all that when you move anyway!

"Kaz, it looks to me as if a few small-minded people (who are priced out of the housing market?) and are jealous of you because you own your own roof."

What a stupid comment!

How will we lose it it will be our deposit on our next house - this one is priced at £188500

Only £14 grand?! Just a year's salary? Diddums! If I was to earn a year's wages for doing nothing more than owning a house I wouldn't be whining, I'd be extremely grateful at my good fortune at making 20% and having to do nothing in return. Some people don't know they're born.

Its a home not a money-making scheme. If you sell it for exactly the same price you bought it for or even slightly less, you've had your money's worth - you've been living in it in it, that's what it's for!

I know exactly how you feel at the moment, having just sold my house. However, this is the wrong site to come to for support and advice on selling. Frankly, this website scared the crap out of me.

Your house looks good from the pictures. For my sale, I filled all cracks, painted all rooms, outside walls, facias, put down a patio, build a fence, new lawns front and back and parked my new silver golf in the drive. Outside, all paths, drive, walls, fence got a power wash. Also inside, I removed all furniture, except the basics. Put some nice dried flower displays in living room, hall and kitchen (most recomend fresh flowers). If a viewing was in the evening all the lamps were switched on inside for effect, even if it was not actually dark outside.

Hope some of that helps.

However, I was very lucky. My buyer just like the view of fields and trees from the back. It was the right type of house in the right area for him. And, having sold his house he need somewhere to live.

Another good piece of advice from my experience - stay clear of this website. It will only make you feel worse and more stressed. It had that effect on me. But I'm quite enjoying it now

Why is that a stupid comment dont think it was directed at you personally,

That's because, in many areas, it's just not true in today's market. In my case I'm saving £10K per year, the difference between the interest on the capital I would need to spend to buy the house I'm renting and the rent paid.

Sorry to seem funny, but this site is called houseprice crash.

Most of us on here believe that this time next year your £188500 will be worth £150000ish!

A years salary what kind of job to you have, we are making quite a jump in house price and i am not whining just asking for advice on selling my house but it seems most of you on here are just here to ridicule anyone who wants help.

At £14000 a year what type of house do you own, if you own one.

stamp duty
agents fees
removal costs
solicitors fees
new carpets / furniture
the temptation to pay off that credit card
one extra holiday (cos moving is sooooo stwesssfulll)

total = 14k voila!

Don't forget HPI of the next place you buy, which almost certainly wipes out any gain from the one you're selling.

But why is this thread even continuing? If it doesn't sell, the price is too high. Reduce the price!

One with a plaque above the front door that reads 'Fido'

Well, the stamp duty and solictor fees come to about 3 grand, we dont have to buy all new things all at once believe me i would love to but cant, no removal costs we have vans big enough and families willing to help. The £14000 was worked out with the agents cost, Dont have credit cards, and i have just got married and have been to mauritius on honeymoon so no holiday for me yet.

Total about 4 grand tops, just because it what you would think you would lose dont thin k its the same case for everyone else.

The reason the OP is suspected as a troll is because they are posting exactly the kind of thing the Bears want to hear.

It is a myth that only non home-owners can be bears and vice versa. It is not true that people who are not buying now can not afford to.

Good luck to the OP BTW.

Phoney

Ok sorry whats the HPI - told you i was new to all this,

If you're happy go for it. Good luck. To sell your house lower the price, before the interest rates go up even more. To be honest I think you're too late.

Ok can some explain the Bears and bulls thing new people on here dont know

House Price Inflation

Why would that affect me now

a 1 bedroom property at 87k....no wonder you can't sell, nuff said

So what exactly would you buy it at.

I find holidays pretty damn stressful myself.....