Haha I used to get them ALL the time in my old place, and it would say how they’d sold in that area and how much demand there was for those flats. Few months after we started getting these leaflets my landlord did indeed sell
Haha I used to get them ALL the time in my old place, and it would say how they’d sold in that area and how much demand there was for those flats. Few months after we started getting these leaflets my landlord did indeed sellThe beggy little cards and letters estate agents put through my letterbox piss me off so much. We rent so maybe I’m over sensitive to it but obviously we don’t want the landlord selling as that could mean we lose our home, from a tenants perspective it’s just so thoughtless. I also hate the assumption that everyone owns where they live, like hello tenants exist in the world too. I mean, has anyone got one of those cards through their door and actually thought “you know what, I do want to move actually, let’s give Alan a call” in the spur of the moment?Like I say it’s probably a sore spot for me so annoys me even more.
I can’t look at house prices in my area right now, they are actually disgusting. It makes me sad.
That’s so shit! One of the downsides of renting when a landlord decides to sell. I don’t even look at the things from the estate agent now, straight into the recycling bin they go. It’s more of a waste of their time than mine really as I think the ones round here post them themselvesHaha I used to get them ALL the time in my old place, and it would say how they’d sold in that area and how much demand there was for those flats. Few months after we started getting these leaflets my landlord did indeed sellI’m sure it wasn’t because of those flyers (cos we were getting them not him) but it was still such shit thing to happen.
We get them sometimes but they are usually from those companies that buy your house at less than market value.The beggy little cards and letters estate agents put through my letterbox piss me off so much. We rent so maybe I’m over sensitive to it but obviously we don’t want the landlord selling as that could mean we lose our home, from a tenants perspective it’s just so thoughtless. I also hate the assumption that everyone owns where they live, like hello tenants exist in the world too. I wonder if anyone has ever responded to those cards or if they’re pointless, I can’t imagine you’d get one and suddenly be like “let’s move house” it’s usually something you think about for a while and then seek out an estate agent yourself. Like I say it’s probably a sore spot for me so annoys me even more. I just want them to stop hounding us and reminding us that this house isn’t really ours tbh.
I can’t look at house prices in my area right now, they are actually disgusting. It makes me sad.
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Sounds about right, anyone looking to complete before the first stamp duty holiday reduction ends next month will have had their offer accepted by now.I have a friend who is an EA in the south east and that’s how I heard the phones had started to go quiet.
It could just be a blip but the stamp duty holiday is coming to an end plus all the furlough etc
I think at the lower end of the market stuff is still moving but the higher end is slow unless it is in a really desirable area and priced right.
Probably people who either lived with their parents during lockdown, or people who have had a relationship break up.I'm still a bit confused at who is buying all the shitty flats in urban areas that are allowing people to move to the burbs?
Yes to all of this. My head is spinning at the price of houses where I live atm. My sister in law bought her semi detached for £130k 5 years ago, the house next to her (identical house) sold for £220k before it even had the chance to hit the market. So many tenants around here being evicted as landlords want to cash inThe beggy little cards and letters estate agents put through my letterbox piss me off so much. We rent so maybe I’m over sensitive to it but obviously we don’t want the landlord selling as that could mean we lose our home, from a tenants perspective it’s just so thoughtless. I also hate the assumption that everyone owns where they live, like hello tenants exist in the world too. I wonder if anyone has ever responded to those cards or if they’re pointless, I can’t imagine you’d get one and suddenly be like “let’s move house” it’s usually something you think about for a while and then seek out an estate agent yourself. Like I say it’s probably a sore spot for me so annoys me even more. I just want them to stop hounding us and reminding us that this house isn’t really ours tbh.
I can’t look at house prices in my area right now, they are actually disgusting. It makes me sad.
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I did my dissertation on house affordability for young people. Help to buy is all smoke and mirrors, I’ve warned so many people, if you can afford to it avoid it."Help to buy is the worst decision I ever made"
Why I regret using Help to Buy to get on the property ladder
Help to Buy was the government’s great promise of homeownership to the priced-out generation, but now many who took their first step on to the property ladderwww.thetimes.co.uk
Bought a flat in Clapham for 490k in 2017 and tried to sell for the same price in 2020 and the best offer she got was 390k.
It's behind a paywall but basically it's saying all help to buy did is line the pockets of house builders, keep prices high and offload poorly made new builds that even with the house prices rises some are still losing tens thousands if they're city centre flats. Lots of extra fees that have caught people out.
All these "help" schemes are not to help the plebs, they're about keep prices high and helping the house builders and finance companies. Don't be fooled by it.
Things keep moving with divorce debt and death, I imagine there's been a huge rise in all three.Thing is people now expect their houses to be worth that money now. I think people will just end up staying put if they can’t get the high prices of this year (unless they really have to move)
I think people who are first time buyers have probably managed to save during the lockdowns. There have been people who will have moved home too to save. A lot of people want to get their foot on the ladder as they’re worried prices will spiral even more.I'm still a bit confused at who is buying all the shitty flats in urban areas that are allowing people to move to the burbs?
The end of this year once furlough and stamp duty changes are gone will let us see where things stand.
I do think that's a very dangerous mindset, especially now. They fell in 2008 and end of the 90s.A lot of people want to get their foot on the ladder as they’re worried prices will spiral even more.
It is and it isn’t: if they get a sensible mortgage that doesn’t overstretch themselves on a property they like and are happy living in then they can ride the wave should there be a downturn. They should be able to afford the mortgage/bills and they are not at the whim of a landlord who can hike the price every 6 months, or decide to sell and then they have the moving costs.I do think that's a very dangerous mindset, especially now. They fell in 2008 and end of the 90s.
Thing is we just don't know what the future holds. Covid and the changes its brought forward is so different and so much more impactful than 2008 and the late 90s.they can ride the wave should there be a downturn. They should be able to afford the mortgage/bills and they are not at the whim of a landlord who can hike the price every 6 months, or decide to sell and then they have the moving costs.
It's terrible, it equates to calling people loosers if they rent.It's held as the goal to reach, you're successful if you own a home etc
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