After nearly 2 years on the market..............
May 22nd 2008, 2:41 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
The banks have stopped lending to protect their capital reserves....the UK market is based on people borrowing lots to fund buying a house and therefore, fewer mortgages, fewer buyers, vicious circle resulting in prices dropping as sellers chase buyers. Banks then worry about negative equity and are less happy to lend....repeat.
May 22nd 2008, 2:43 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
Can WE come 
Keep thinking good thoughts......Karma sent
I know where you are at as we need to sell now and only silly offers on the table :curse:
No sale means no new house in our new life etc etc
Good luck -- Gill
Keep thinking good thoughts......Karma sent
I know where you are at as we need to sell now and only silly offers on the table :curse:
No sale means no new house in our new life etc etc
Good luck -- Gill
Jun 2nd 2008, 6:06 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
just a quick update guys - we today accepted their counter offer of £198,000.
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
Jun 2nd 2008, 6:07 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
just a quick update guys - we today accepted their counter offer of £198,000.
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
Jun 3rd 2008, 7:25 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
just a quick update guys - we today accepted their counter offer of £198,000.
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
Jun 3rd 2008, 7:26 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
just a quick update guys - we today accepted their counter offer of £198,000.
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
They don't have a house to sell so can complete quickly
Hope all will go smoothly, we have told them that due to the amount that its been dropped by that they will complete at that price irrespective of what any survey may or may not find, and that this price is final!!!!!
Jun 3rd 2008, 7:38 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
Well done
Fingers crossed for a quick and easy completion
gill
Fingers crossed for a quick and easy completion
gill
Jun 3rd 2008, 8:31 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
Thanks! We've spent the last 7 months over here hoping for emails/calls from the estate agents back in the UK with news - now this morning we both decided that we don't want any emails or calls from them as it means something is amiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 3rd 2008, 8:37 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
We were told also that a house that was on the market for half a million pounds also recieved an offer on Monday ..................
of £320,000
I don't think i'd have the nerve to offer that much below the asking - but it just goes to show how buyers now seem to be calling all the shots
Jun 3rd 2008, 8:44 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you from here.
Jun 3rd 2008, 8:52 am
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
We've been like that too!! We've received several phone calls from them in the month since we accepted the offer, and every time have had that "oooh no!" heart-stopping moment... and the most recent phone call was them saying that the buyer wanted to know if we were taking the curtains with us...!
Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you from here.
Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly for you from here.
if that causes an issue i'll fly back there myself and chop the f****r down
Jun 3rd 2008, 2:55 pm
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Re: After nearly 2 years on the market..............
congats mmc 
