How far will house prices fall [volume 4]
Discussion
hyphen said:
Something I was pondering today.
With the advent of Electric Cars and their much reduced noise and pollution,in the future, will houses along busy dual carriage ways, such as the A3, become an acceptable purchase for more buyers?
Tyre noise etc. far outweighs engine noise, so I would think not.With the advent of Electric Cars and their much reduced noise and pollution,in the future, will houses along busy dual carriage ways, such as the A3, become an acceptable purchase for more buyers?
turbobloke said:
I've not seen hundreds of sales training manuals but the ones I've seen lack a heading "How To Deliberately Lose A Sale".
They may prefer one type of sale, if you say so, but losing another isn't business.
In big dealer groups it can cost the salesman money if you buy cash and don't take any of the add-ons (paint protection etc). If the salesman misses his finance penetration target for the month then the loss could be significant. He'll also get fired if it happens a few times.They may prefer one type of sale, if you say so, but losing another isn't business.
hyphen said:
Something I was pondering today.
With the advent of Electric Cars and their much reduced noise and pollution,in the future, will houses along busy dual carriage ways, such as the A3, become an acceptable purchase for more buyers?
Funnily enough a similar thought occurred to me whilst I was crawling in traffic on the Caversham Road in Reading yesterday. Busy but slow moving urban main roads would be much nicer to live beside than they are now (no idling engines and exhaust fumes), if not the fast A road types like the A3, A40 in suburban London, which as has been said will still suffer tyre noise. Might make a wise investment for the mid/long term at this time, especially large period properties.With the advent of Electric Cars and their much reduced noise and pollution,in the future, will houses along busy dual carriage ways, such as the A3, become an acceptable purchase for more buyers?
hyphen said:
With the advent of Electric Cars and their much reduced noise and pollution,in the future, will houses along busy dual carriage ways, such as the A3, become an acceptable purchase for more buyers?
As others have said, I think you'll still get tyre noise from the main roads. I think it's actually the quiet roads that'll see the biggest improvement to quality of life, because you'll be able to sit in the front room on a Saturday morning without a seemingly endless soundtrack of idling four-cylinder diesels and people using a 3 point turn as an opportunity to punish their clutch.rover 623gsi said:
They couldn't be more wrong.National Association of Estate Agents say agents have an average of 40 homes for sale but only sold 10 in June. That points to a shortage of sensibly priced homes to me.
Prices are being supported by low interest rates, available financing and Help2Buy.
montecristo said:
DoubleSix said:
Not sure I totally understand the sneering at estate agents.
They're usually just young lads and lasses trying to get on in the world like everyone else. They work Saturdays and I often see them in their offices long after I've clocked off.
I can think of a lot of wasters I save my ire for tbh, anyone out doing a job (even a perceived low value add) is ok by me within reason.
I agree - in London, they are young people working a difficult job trying to improve their lives like everyone else. And what's wrong with cheap suits? Should they wear Tom Ford or hoodies? They are better dressed than most office workers these days.They're usually just young lads and lasses trying to get on in the world like everyone else. They work Saturdays and I often see them in their offices long after I've clocked off.
I can think of a lot of wasters I save my ire for tbh, anyone out doing a job (even a perceived low value add) is ok by me within reason.
As a buyer, I know they are trying to manipulate me, that's fine, they work for the other side. If they didn't add value, I wouldn't use them - if that value is the fact that they've cornered the listings market, so be it.
Edited by montecristo on Friday 28th July 21:45
They work for both the buyer and the seller - without both then there is no trade and no commission.
I have been lied to and manipulated by EAs both as buyer and seller. It's par for the course and I actually don't blame them too much as I often feel they're just making up for the emotional attachments both buyers and sellers have.
It's almost like one type of irrational behaviour (lying) counter-acting another type of irrational behaviour (emotional decision making).
p1stonhead said:
House I sold for £307k in April 2015 has just gone back on with zero changes for £385k.
Lets see how that goes.....
£555k in Dec 2014,Lets see how that goes.....
Treated to Farrow & Ball in 2015,
Sold at £800k now
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Market is not sensible.
Nor is buyer on that one.
I can find more in the general area (520 in 2014, nicer kitchen taken out, gone at 725 now http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Could have purchased this just up the M5 ( and a far nicer area ) -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Croutons said:
£555k in Dec 2014,
Treated to Farrow & Ball in 2015,
Sold at £800k now
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Market is not sensible.
Nor is buyer on that one.
I can find more in the general area (520 in 2014, nicer kitchen taken out, gone at 725 now http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Bristol has been crazy over that period. We were looking from 2013 to 2016 and saw those kind of percentage rises even without the Farrow and Ball treatment.Treated to Farrow & Ball in 2015,
Sold at £800k now
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Market is not sensible.
Nor is buyer on that one.
I can find more in the general area (520 in 2014, nicer kitchen taken out, gone at 725 now http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
superkartracer said:
Could have purchased this just up the M5 ( and a far nicer area ) -
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
Err what?http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/prope...
You could insert any property at ~£800k on that subjective basis....
Was it £5- 600k 2 years previously? As that was the point I was making...
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