Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The Police are looking for a motive
The housing market seems to have ground to a halt here in Chiswick during August, and it got my cousin and I thinking of the estate agent speak for such an event. There is in fact an estate agents calendar.
- January - market is slow sir, no money about after Christmas
- February - too cold, not many people looking
- March - a lot of people away what with Easter and the skiing season
- April - good time to put the house on the market, it should pick up with the weather
- May - not a good time to be buying, would have to move in August during the holidays
- June- a window of opportunity
- July - people saving for their holidays
- August - people on their holidays
- September - back from their holidays and start of a new school year, not a good time to look
- October - evenings getting darker so people less keen to view
- November - saving up for Christmas
- December - Christmas
They also have aspect speak,
- South facing garden, full sun
- West facing garden, nearly South facing , sun in the evening
- East facing garden, sun in the morning
- North facing garden, beautiful views
We have seen a few properties with a view to buy but I am reluctant to put a bid in until our place is under offer. The prices continue to amaze though. Emma,our youngest daughter, has just offered on a one bed flat on the Wirral for less than £70,000. A two bed in Chis is hard to find for five times that.
Anyway, we press on and hope for a change in fortune shortly.....at least the inflation rate reduction looks like it might delay a further interest rise for a while......lets just hope the financial markets don't go into meltdown on the back of the USA mortgage crisis.
Labels: estate agents, us mortgage crisis, Wirral
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