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Property Not Sold, Price Going Up

jhegarty · 2005-05-11 13:47:17

I was just doing a bit of research on a property I was looking at. It’s a bit of a wreck, lots of work needed, and on the market for €100k I did notice one thing, the picture of the house on the website, had next door half build (still on block work) and when I had a drive by look at the house next door is fully build with…

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11-05-2005 2:47pm

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jhegarty

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I was just doing a bit of research on a property I was looking at. It’s a bit of a wreck, lots of work needed, and on the market for €100k

I did notice one thing, the picture of the house on the website, had next door half build (still on block work) and when I had a drive by look at the house next door is fully build with a mature garden...

so I did a bit of research...

the house had been on the market for at least two years (that was the oldest copy of their web site I could find) and the house has gone from €70 to €100 over that time....

The last time I looked if something isn't sold you put the price down, no up... what’s going on here?

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#2 11-05-2005 3:01pm
Victor

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Greedy seller?

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#3 13-05-2005 4:09pm
joejoem

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The sale has probably fallen through after survey report. I have seen that happen a few times before, properties can be advertised for months maybe aover a year.

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