Both areas showed that, on average, house prices are sold for 99 per cent of their
asking price. Sellers achieved 100 per cent of their
asking price on average in three areas - Salford, Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Dronfield in Derbyshire.
House buyers seek discount; UK & WORLD
That's according to new research form property website Zoopla, which looked at the gap between
asking prices and sale prices.
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By contrast, London and its surrounding commuter belt have seen year-on-year falls in average house
asking prices.
House prices booming in Midlands
These
asking prices must be taken with a pinch of salt, but it will be fascinating to see whether Huddersfield properties actually sell at these higher
asking prices or not.
AVERAGE ASKING PRICES ROSE BY 1.5 PER CENT SINCE LAST YEAR; PROPERTY APPRAISAL
No region across England and Wales has seen average
asking prices fall over the last year The smallest percentage increase was in Wales, where average
asking prices edged up by 0.6% or PS98 to reach PS163,453.
House price hikes
Already,
asking prices in London are typically [pounds sterling]55,458 or 9.9% higher than they were a year ago, having reached around [pounds sterling]616,548.
House prices in North East have risen by 1.4 per cent in 2015 according to new survey; Rightmove said UK house sellers are now demanding an average of [pounds sterling]289,452 for their homes - up almost [pounds sterling]20,000 from 2014
Myhome.ie chief Angela Keegan said: "It's heartening to see
asking prices nationally rise for the first time in eight years.
House prices rising all over the country
PROPERTY
asking prices lifted to a new record high of nearly PS256,000 in March amid a "spring seller rush", a website has reported.
Asking prices up in 'seller rush'
Property website Rightmove reported today that the average property
asking price now stands at GBP246,235, with relatively few homes being offered for sale.
Property prices in the UK still increasing
The average
asking price for a home dropped 1.6%, or pounds 3,797, to pounds 236,597 in July, bringing to an end a run of six months of rises, according to property website Rightmove.
First fall in house prices
HOUSE sellers need to clean up their act if they want to achieve the
asking price for their home.
Time to clean up
A six-story multifamily property at 831 Bartholdi Street in the Bronx is on the market with an
asking price of $15.75 million.
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"If sellers set the
asking price too high, they can face a situation where they have run out of time and have to be realistic about their price."
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The easier you can make it for buyers to answer their own questions, the more likely it is that your
asking price will be accepted without significant challenge.
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