Do any of you want to buy a house?

[kaliha]

Our house has been on the Market for six weeks now and we still haven't had a single viewing. It's not like we live in squalour with holes in the walls and rubbish everywhere. Our house even looks nice on the interwebs.

I think it's all down to the fact that most first time buyers don't have £30-£35,000 just lying around to put against a deposit and banks are decidedly unwilling to lend.

I've told His Lordship that we're not going to look at more houses until people come to look at ours because it's really depressing looking round all these places and knowing that if we find our dream home we wouldn't be able to buy it. :(

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[doylefan22.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is really bad. And your house is really nice.

What's it like for others around your selling range trying to sell? Are they getting any luck?

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

None of the house on our estate are selling, a couple that were on the market earlier in the year have decided to rent them out instead and the other three are just sat there. We need first time buyers and the banks aren't lending to them.

[sesaworuban.livejournal.com]

Urgh - I feel your pain - our house was on the market for over 6 months before we got an offer... and it's a bit of a dodgy offer that I'm kinda expecting to fall through...

My estate agent friend would say that if you've been on the market even for 2 weeks and not had a single viewing, your house is priced wrongly.

Have you had a chat with your estate agent? They should be being proactive and suggesting ways to get more people through the door and I would suggest that if they don't start pulling their finger out, you move to a new agent.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Our estate agents couldn't be less proactive, I'm seriously considering dumping them and getting another.

Our house is also on the market for £10k less than the other two houses on our estate in the same style as us.

They both have brand new kitchens and old bathrooms whereas we have a brand new bathroom and an old kitchen.

[sal101010.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that lots of the houses we looked at in the early summer are still for sale. It's a horrible time to be selling. Can you go down the loft extension route instead of moving? That seems to be what the experts are recommending if you're struggling to move.

I hope it improves for you.

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Our loft really isn't suitable to be converted, at the highest bit I can barely stand up and you know how short I am.