At what price
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At what price
how much under asking price to offer in spain
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Re: At what price
Do you have a piece of string?
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Normally Spanish people will not accept any offers because they have made up their minds what the house is worth and they will not shift. However, times have changed with the crisis so there is no knowing what would work nowadays. So if you find a house that you like try it and see what happens but be prepared to either walk away or give a further offer.
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Just work out the price per M2 and compare that with similar properties at the same location to establish whether it is a good price.
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Sorry for hijacking the thread
Is having the money ready, without needing to apply for mortgage, a valid reason for asking for 5-10% price reduction? Or people just don't care?
Is having the money ready, without needing to apply for mortgage, a valid reason for asking for 5-10% price reduction? Or people just don't care?
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Not likely to matter. The money ends up in the sellers hands either way.
However, instant cash has a certain appeal. Especially if a good chunk of it can be cash.
However, instant cash has a certain appeal. Especially if a good chunk of it can be cash.
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When you watch A place in the sun, they seem to think that 30-40% under asking price is acceptable.
As someone selling my house, I would tell them in no uncertain terms, to take their insulting offer, and put it somewhere to grow a bit!
As someone selling my house, I would tell them in no uncertain terms, to take their insulting offer, and put it somewhere to grow a bit!
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Re: At what price
The agents response was " well it is up to you but if you do not want to sell your apartment etc etc.
A few weeks ago they accepted an offer through another agent of E152,000.
Too many agents seem to have forgotten who they are working for!!
You have to ask who is encouraging low offers ??
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We had our apartment on at 149,000 with our bottom line 130,000.
Eventually we had a bottom line offer from some Dutch people. They then asked about the possibility of a garage. We told them a garage to buy would be circa 12,000 in Frigiliana. They then reduced their offer by 12,000.
We told them to go away and reproduce, not buying them a garage.
Eventually we had a bottom line offer from some Dutch people. They then asked about the possibility of a garage. We told them a garage to buy would be circa 12,000 in Frigiliana. They then reduced their offer by 12,000.
We told them to go away and reproduce, not buying them a garage.
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A lot of properties are "valued by committee" of family owners who inherited it and have an inflated sense of value, with zero understanding of actual market value. Some add sentimental value to the price (e.g., "my grandfather built this house!").
It can also be that family members who own the property can't agree on a selling price, so they list it for the highest price that all family members can agree on.
In other cases, it's to avoid appearing "desperate" to their peers. After all, Gonzales' down the road sold their grandmother's house listed for €500K (but in truth they ultimately settled for an offer of €220K, and they simply neglected to mention that part).
And there's always a few "know it alls" that are certain that they are the only ones on the planet who know the value of their property. Everybody else is an idiot.
A good agent should and will advise the seller that it's a completely unrealistic valuation. But that advice often lands on deaf ears, and the property sits empty with zero viewings - for years in many cases. The agents, therefore, have no interest in showing the property, because they know it won't ever sell (complete waste of their time).
Some time ago, some acquaintances of ours listed a house up for about double it's actual "sellable" value. It sat on the market for about a year, and out of curiosity, eventually I sent an email to the agent expressing interest, mentioning that the price seemed unusually high. The agent simply responded with another similar property, more rationally priced.
Whose fault is that?
What Rosemary said is equally true - Many Spanish people just have a price, and that's their price - even if it means they'll never sell it.
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In the UK there is a housing ladder so people might need to sell because they are expecting a new baby or they have been offered a job somewhere else
This is rarely the case in Spain. People tend to buy a property and just keep it until they might die or they "could do with releasing the money" without actually needing it
So people would rather wait and wait and wait than sell for an "insulting" price at what they perceive to be the bottom of the market
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I sense this is only an agent being rational about the valuation of a property, in the absence of any rationality.
A lot of properties are "valued by committee" of family owners who inherited it and have an inflated sense of value, with zero understanding of actual market value. Some add sentimental value to the price (e.g., "my grandfather built this house!").
It can also be that family members who own the property can't agree on a selling price, so they list it for the highest price that all family members can agree on.
In other cases, it's to avoid appearing "desperate" to their peers. After all, Gonzales' down the road sold their grandmother's house listed for €500K (but in truth they ultimately settled for an offer of €220K, and they simply neglected to mention that part).
And there's always a few "know it alls" that are certain that they are the only ones on the planet who know the value of their property. Everybody else is an idiot.
A good agent should and will advise the seller that it's a completely unrealistic valuation. But that advice often lands on deaf ears, and the property sits empty with zero viewings - for years in many cases. The agents, therefore, have no interest in showing the property, because they know it won't ever sell (complete waste of their time).
Some time ago, some acquaintances of ours listed a house up for about double it's actual "sellable" value. It sat on the market for about a year, and out of curiosity, eventually I sent an email to the agent expressing interest, mentioning that the price seemed unusually high. The agent simply responded with another similar property, more rationally priced.
Whose fault is that?
I don't believe the 'guiri' price is always a conscious, deliberate effort. I sense it's more an inflated value for the sake of inflated value (as illustrated above). It just so happens that naive foreigners fall for it most.
What Rosemary said is equally true - Many Spanish people just have a price, and that's their price - even if it means they'll never sell it.
A lot of properties are "valued by committee" of family owners who inherited it and have an inflated sense of value, with zero understanding of actual market value. Some add sentimental value to the price (e.g., "my grandfather built this house!").
It can also be that family members who own the property can't agree on a selling price, so they list it for the highest price that all family members can agree on.
In other cases, it's to avoid appearing "desperate" to their peers. After all, Gonzales' down the road sold their grandmother's house listed for €500K (but in truth they ultimately settled for an offer of €220K, and they simply neglected to mention that part).
And there's always a few "know it alls" that are certain that they are the only ones on the planet who know the value of their property. Everybody else is an idiot.
A good agent should and will advise the seller that it's a completely unrealistic valuation. But that advice often lands on deaf ears, and the property sits empty with zero viewings - for years in many cases. The agents, therefore, have no interest in showing the property, because they know it won't ever sell (complete waste of their time).
Some time ago, some acquaintances of ours listed a house up for about double it's actual "sellable" value. It sat on the market for about a year, and out of curiosity, eventually I sent an email to the agent expressing interest, mentioning that the price seemed unusually high. The agent simply responded with another similar property, more rationally priced.
Whose fault is that?
I don't believe the 'guiri' price is always a conscious, deliberate effort. I sense it's more an inflated value for the sake of inflated value (as illustrated above). It just so happens that naive foreigners fall for it most.
What Rosemary said is equally true - Many Spanish people just have a price, and that's their price - even if it means they'll never sell it.
In this case another apartment not as old or as large sold earlier for E145,000.
I do not blame anyone for making what appears to be a silly offer but rather the " take it or leave " atitude of agents. Who appear to be encouraging low offers because as we know NO SALE., NO COMMISSION.
The structure of the property market does not encourage agents to seek the best price for their customer.
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Re: At what price
It isnt really the fault of the estate agent. 80% of them have gone bust since 2008 so actually those that survived must be doing something right