jon&kate

We have had an offer on the house but it is 8k short of asking price.I want to get them up by another 3k and deal will be on.We have budgeted for when we arrive in Canberra.We will need 2 cars and have allowed $20000 do you think we can get cheaper ??????also will $172000 give us a good start when we arrive???

Dawn&Andy

lots of people go with a lot less and manage ok so am sure you will be fine when we finally get there will have a lot less than that, but we are believers in its not how much money u take with you but the attitude you take and our attitude is we want this to work for us and so even if i have to sleep on the floor til we are on our feet we dont mind, we re looking forward to our new adventure

good luck

Dawn x

carlosthegerbil

We had a similar thing with our flat.. they offered us 9k short of asking, and we simply said they would have to do better. We gave them a counter offer in the hope it would bring them a little higher, but they didnt bite.

Some people just want to take the p*ss when it comes to property prices. They seem to think it's ok to start low and stay there.

After all, an asking price is there for a reason!

AndyR1976

Yeah, this is a difficult one at the moment though.

Mortgage interest rates are on the rise (and another interest rate rise is tipped) so perhaps it will only get harder to sell as less and less people are prepared to take on a mortgage in the current lending climate (is 'climate' the right word!!?!?).

Diufficult decision - perhaps you could put in a counter offer - try and squeeze and extra £3-4K out of them - after all, maybe they have put in a low offer knowing that you will ask for a little more!

Give it a go - can't hurt.....can it?!

Nu-Shooz

Thing is, if they know you are desperate to sell, then they will call your bluff.
It does depend on how soon you want to sell. Take it and run if you want out. If you have more time to spare then hold out.
Our buyers for our house did exactly the same. Offered us 5 grand less. We refused. They thought we were desperate so held off. We said we weren't selling no-more. They up'd the offer 3 grand

Red_V_Roger

We had some muppet that put in a low'ish offer, we got them to raise and agreed the price.

We were happy.

3 days later we found out that they decided they are not even interested in buying.

We were sad.

Now 3 weeks in and with the hosue at a very cheap price...we only have had 2 viewings.

JoolsB

depends how soon you need to go by-the market should pick up in a month or so as september approaches. We have taken 12k less than asking and 2.5k less than we originally set as the lowest we would take & we are not going til jan 2008 but sale will prob take til oct to complete and then only 3 months til we go. As we could not guarantee when or if a better offer would come we bit the bullet. At least this way if our sale falls thru we still have time to find another buyer before we go. Good luck!

carmele

If you think it's a fair offer take it???

Our motto has and will always be.......................don't be greedy!

If it costs you more in the long run you loose out.

Good luck with your choices!

In singpore at the mo and lovin'it!


Carmel

tony s

we were knocked down 10 k and after 4 months of being messed about,then it all fell thru.had a few viewings, but then today the original buyer came back in. so were happy even though we dropped that much. we will be off when an exchange is done.