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Sellers roll call! How many viewings are you gettingin this stagnant market?

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Pixiedust1973 · 15/01/2018 14:45

I thought it would be nice to update each other with our progress as I seem to of lost the other sellers thread!

My house has been on the market on & off since April last year. We found a house we liked, got a buyer before putting in an offer. Had a low offer but managed to negotiate them up & the house we want down to an acceptable level, just! Turns out after many months that their buyer can't proceed so we decide to cut off from our old agents & start afresh with a 25k reduction for quick sale, making us without question the best house in the area for the price! Comparables being 40-50k higher! Im in an expensive part of Surrey btw, hence silly money for very little!

Been on 55 days now & had 11 viewings, 2 cheeky try their luck offers we can't accept because they're 30k below our asking price already reduced by 25k. Id say that given how stagnant the market is we're getting a reasonable amount of interest. Getting lots more hits online since the new year & hopefully its only a matter of time. The viewers we are getting are proceedable viewers, mainly chain free. Probably explains the low offers! Hmm Had a second viewing on Friday & awaiting their feedback today. Thought they were keen but the later in the day it gets the more nervous im getting!

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flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 09:49

tobeclear it wasn't the EA that told me they were going to the bank it was the viewer - they are physically going to an appointment to the bank Saturday. if the estate agent had said that to me I would have just thought yeah whatever, but the viewer definitely actually meant it!

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 09:50

ah I know, I shouldn't get my hopes up and like you say I have done it before.... I dunno, there's something about this couple that I trust to be honest. Probably v naïve!

I am awaiting feedback from the EA but going to tell them to ask for updates for me!

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 10:30

EA cant get hold of them but I know she works in a nursery and him on a building site so its no surprise really. Hopefully will hear something today.

I reaaaaaally don't want to miss out on that house! hmph

jgm · 17/07/2018 11:02

Fingers crossed for you flamingofridays.

Well we got feedback from Sunday's viewers, our house is too small for them long-term (we're a compact 4 bed with one bathroom, they have three children). We'll leave ours on the market until the point that the house we want sells, then take a break and consider extending v selling next year. A few months ago houses round here were selling v fast but its all ground to a halt.

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 11:13

thank you jgm that's a shame about your viewers.

I am literally sat waiting for my phone to ring its going to kill me waiting a week...

we've another viewing Thursday too.

jgm · 17/07/2018 11:33

What area are you in flamingofridays? You do seem to be getting lots of viewers which is good. We're averaging one a week (S Yorks) Sad

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 11:36

we're in Halifax so not all that far away from you!

yeah we seem to be having lots of viewings I think weve had around 18 ish in the last 6 weeks.

doesn't matter though really because none of them have bought it haha!

jgm · 17/07/2018 11:42

Haha very true! We've had about 6 in 6 weeks - I'm so impatient which doesn't help!

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 11:44

yes me too (as you can probably tell!)

what was the feedback from your other viewings?

ours has all been house is lovely but area not right or garden too small (you can see clearly on the picture how big the garden is but whatever!)

jgm · 17/07/2018 12:04

We've mainly been getting people from other areas looking around (this is classed as a 'nicer' area of the city I guess), then giving feedback that the house is smaller / more expensive than their current area. Nothing I can change which is frustrating!

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 13:24

we're the opposite, in a less desirable area although absolutely fine but not fashionable.

still heard nothing. getting nervous now because we've had this before

two viewing, saying all the right things and then total radio silence

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 16:43

you were all right, shouldn't have got my hopes up because out of fucking nowhere they are now "unsure about the area" so they have gone from we definitely want it to we probably don't actually in less then 24 fucking hours.

we are going to be stuck here forever and I am going to be miserable for the rest of my life.

kill me now.

jgm · 17/07/2018 17:04

So sorry to hear that Sad Agent of the house we love called, the house has had an offer made on it Sad

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:12

Thanks jgm I could sit and cry honestly. Just feels like nobody will ever buy it because of the area. .

That's such a shame im.sorry :(

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:15

flamingofridays I don't know the area, but would they buy it if it was priced for that area?

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:16

I don't know what you mean by priced for the area?

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:24

flamingofridays You say nobody will buy it because of the area, but how do other people manage to sell their houses in that area? Surely the area does not stop all house sales, it just makes houses in that area somewhat cheaper.

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:27

To be honest nor a lot ever comes up for sale here but when it does it sells... ours is priced 2k higher than one across the road which was smaller than ours with no garden and no parking. That sold in 2 weeks.

Ours is priced for the definitely not overpriced.

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:27

*priced for the area and definitely not overpriced

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:33

flamingofridays Markets change, and today's market is telling you loudly that you have not priced your house correctly for today's market. Rather than trying to fight the market, which is only making you very upset and exhausted, maybe you need to change with the market. You can always use that same change to negotiate down an onward purchase.

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:43

sophie I actually find that quite ride considering you have a) never seen my house and b) have no idea how it's priced or know the area it's in.

We've had lots of viewings. It's not overpriced. Nobody would view something vastly overpriced.

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:47

flamingofridays When my mother could not sell for over a year a few months ago, the EA told her that the market had spoken. She then dropped her price 20% and sold the next day. The market is speaking to you.

flamingofridays · 17/07/2018 18:49

sophie we've been up for sale 6 weeks not a year. The market is not "speaking to me".

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:50

flamingofridays Will you carry on for a year or more?

FabulousSophie · 17/07/2018 18:52

flamingofridays My mum wishes she had dropped her price much earlier, so she could have avoided that year+ of frustration and disappointment.