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If you had a house that was on the market for six months or more and then sold it

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upsideyerelephant · 14/03/2019 17:37

What finally shifted it?

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ChicCroissant · 14/03/2019 17:41

Well I expect people will say something about dropping the price, but tbh when this happened to us it was just because the sale kept falling through - it was our third lot of buyers that eventually got to the end of the process and bought the house!

I don't know which is more frustrating though - no interest at all, or viewings and offers that just fall through.

upsideyerelephant · 15/03/2019 07:38

Bump

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BathTangle · 15/03/2019 07:43

Changed from national chain to local agent. Having thought the national chain would widen the net, it turned out that what was needed was a local agent who really understood the specific house type and who the potential buyers would be.

snowone · 15/03/2019 07:46

Local agent - part exchange!

Lilmisskittykat · 15/03/2019 07:51

It just took time .. I changed nothing.

Spiritinabody · 15/03/2019 07:56

You really need to understand why it hasn't sold to date. Don't automatically think it is price-related. There might be something affecting saleability that the agent has been too gutless to feedback to you.
You could put your pictures, floor plans, sizes up on here if you are brave enough for an honest critique.

What does your agent say?

sorenipples · 15/03/2019 08:00

We bought a house that had been on the market over 18 months.

What shifted it? Local prices rising to make the asking price (lowest they would accept more reasonable ) and us being one of the few viewers with vision (or delusion ) to see past the houses obvious short comings.

Nowthenforever2019 · 15/03/2019 08:07

We didn't change anything, we just found the buyer! Or the buyer found us

senua · 15/03/2019 08:45

Are you talking about your current situation i.e. you have been trying to sell over the winter period? Make the most of Spring! And update photos if they make it obvious that you originally marketed when leaves were turning, Michaelmas daisies were out, etc.

ErickBroch · 15/03/2019 09:46

Not exactly what you said BUT the house we are buying was on the market from May 2018 and we had our offer accepted in December. Price was dropped £25k over that time, it was at the end of all the listings, but we saw it and loved it - just was exactly what we needed.

TokyoSushi · 15/03/2019 09:48

If you were brave enough to post a link we could probably tell you. When people do they often get some really useful feedback.

Penguinpandarabbit · 15/03/2019 10:01

Not recent but had flat that didn't sell for a year. Needed price reduction. First sale fell through. Got final sale privately to a friend. House prices rising so caught up in end but after while on market people often avoid.

Renovating it would have sold it quicker too if done neutrally - new kitchen and bathroom.

Penguinpandarabbit · 15/03/2019 10:03

It is worth looking on Rightmove to see what up against, see what is selling and what's not. I would reduce price.

Kescilly · 15/03/2019 10:12

Changed agents after a year and found our buyers within the first week.

upsideyerelephant · 15/03/2019 10:13

Not brave enough to post links I'm afraid

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GetSchwifty · 15/03/2019 10:17

We had an offer pretty quickly but our buyers messed us around and eventually pulled out. With hindsight we should have seen the red flags and put the house back on the market. We found new buyers again quite quickly but it still took about twelve weeks to complete.

Imicola · 15/03/2019 15:02

We changed agent, but I think it was more to do with the right buyers at the right time as the house was a bit quirky.

DontCallMeShitley · 15/03/2019 15:17

We put it on an auction site.

We had a viewing from someone that saw it on the site, they wanted to buy it straight away, and they did.

Had plenty of people messing about via agents, ignoring restrictions etc. and various dodgy tax dodgers, crappy agents so it worked for us and we were out within weeks.

dreichuplands · 15/03/2019 16:00

First time we changed price and just had to wait for right buyer, it was a quirky house and a huge housing slump.
Second time we weren't living in the house at first and moving back and doing some quick, cheap updates along with changing agents made a big difference.

Mosaic123 · 15/03/2019 19:05

Post links. You will get hundreds/thousands of extra people looking.

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