If you were to put your house up for sale today...

[Ice.Maiden]

do you think you'd have to sell at a great loss?
My friend in Nottingham's just bought a maisonette for a little over �69,000. Two bedrooms, new real wood floors, new kitchen, bathroom and windows. Think they've made a good move with that one, but not so good for the person who's sold it.

[joggerjayne]

They have made a good move !! (sorry, that doesn't answer the question really).

[Ethel]

No. I bought this house 20 years ago for cash so it's worth a lot more than I paid for it. If I had been renting it would still be costing me

[pastafreak]

I bought mine 3 years ago....it went up by around 20,000...now it is probably worth just a tiny bit more than I paid.

[sara3]

I bought mine 15 years ago, so I'm laughing :o)

it's worth about 5-6 times what I paid for it.

[Ice.Maiden]

I agree jayne. I thought it was a ridiculously low price. the couple've down-sized, so now have plenty of money in the bank and and paid for the maisonette outright. Excellent move.
Good one Ethel. Not so easy for people to do that these days though, although with the fall in house prices, it now means that more young couples might be able to move onto the property ladder.

[123everton]

No I could still retire abroad if I sold up.

[legendis.god]

I read somewhere that the average brit house has dropped in price by 100 quid a week over the last year
down by 19%


though to be honest its been common knowledge that house prices were artificially high and its not so much a drop as a levelling out


its quite possible they will stay at the same level for a while.
if they dont drop further.

[Ice.Maiden]

I agree with that leggy - the prices were hugely inflated before the recent drop, and probably going to end up nearer to what they're truly worth.
Awww....smile at pasta - but you're not the only one hun. x

[Drisgirl]

My house is worth in excess of the money I paid for it but the market in Scotland hasnt benn affected -dont know why -so within 11yrs I have potentially made 100k plus on my current property (its been valued) -the house I sold for 79k is on the market for 259k -so its all relevant but bleeding sickening for me re -my old house -c'est la vie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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