I'm buying a house, have viewed one that i really like, it's up for £164,950. Don't want to pay the full price if I can get away with it. What do you think would be a sensible offer?????
2007-01-31 22:28:31 · 15 answers · asked by Amanda D 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You could try £155 to £160 it will all depend on how long its been on the market & how desperate there to sell.Good Luck PS/Its always worth putting in an offer if they refuse you can up it.
2007-01-31 22:33:40 · answer #1 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends how much you want it and what interest is in it. If you're sure there aren't other people interested who will offer the asking price, then offer less.
I'd try £160,000 as a first offer. They'll probably come back with a counter offer and then you can offer a bit more. The vendors will tell you if they definitely won't take any less, then you'd be stuck with the asking price.
Also, google the address and see if you can find out what price other houses in the street went for. Then you can check it's a fair price.
2007-02-01 06:45:15 · answer #2 · answered by Keira H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
make sure you don't sound really happy when viewing the house and tell the agent around 160K (go lower if you don't think there is much demand or slightly higher if there is a lot of demand) and they will go back to the owner saying the interest is mild so maybe they should lower their price and will likely to come back with an offer in the middle of the two and you can try and lower that very slightly or just accept.
2007-02-01 06:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by agius1520 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having just sold a property and regretting accepted price I would suggest that you first of all compare with others of similar type, in same area, and then if asking price is reasonal would offer say £160,000. If you really like it this will be realistic and would think that you would get a deal. Good Luck - do hope it all works out for you.
2007-02-01 06:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if its been on the market for longer than six months take 5000 of the asking price plus your first offer should never be the asking price good luck
2007-02-01 06:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by mentlecase1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ast the estate agent if there is much interest and if there is, then you should be looking at offering as close to the asking price. If there isn't much interest, you could go maybe £5k lower.
2007-02-01 06:32:37 · answer #6 · answered by dadn33 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
!55,000.00 would be my offer and take it from there My maximum woulf then be 16.000.00 top and final offer.
I would also make them sweat in between offers too. Even have the agent chase me up for the answer. remeber agents fees are about 9%, so there is dome leeway for the agent to also cave in on som eof his cop!
2007-02-01 06:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are probably after 160 so I would start my offer at 155.
2007-02-01 06:39:20 · answer #8 · answered by pageys 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the area and interest in the property.
Offer what you can afford.
160k cash may be a starting point.
2007-02-01 06:32:07 · answer #9 · answered by Ritch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Offer a paper clip, it`s worked before.
2007-02-01 06:35:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋