Archive for November, 2009

Exposing the myth of the ‘down valuation’

November 23, 2009 by StraightTlkr · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation 

Anyone agreeing with estate agents about the surveyor’s so-called ‘down valuation’ clearly doesn’t know much about the way house prices materialise. Conscious undervaluing of properties by valuation surveyors is not what is happening here.
What is happening is the ‘valuing’ of properties in the open market by surveyors using their experience in gauging house prices [...]

Economists’ Dilemma

November 10, 2009 by StraightTlkr · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Estate Agents, House Price Valuation 

The BBC recently published a great comparison of views between two leading commentators who hold substantially opposing views about the state of the housing market, and the likely trajectory that prices are likely to take soon.
Head-to-Head on house prices

We hold a third view, more closely connected to the grass roots of sales transactions, house valuations, [...]

GONE: Recently Let.

November 9, 2009 by StraightTlkr · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comparables - lettings 

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GONE November 2009. Information available for comparison purposes.
Rent:
£650 pcm
Shorthold
(unfurnished)
Period cottage tucked away but just yards from the main shops and beaches of St Ives, in a traffic-free location.
A two bedroom, Grade 2 listed, terraced house.
Granite steps up leading to: –
First Floor:
Lounge/dining room, with granite fireplace and timber beamed ceilings.
Kitchen, Hatt bespoke [...]