House fo Sale Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 We desperatley need to move back to UK as we have family concerns. We wnt to sell our house swiftly so I need to get to a large market. Where is the best place to advertise our house?Mod been and gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Not here for a kick off. I feel a mod' coming on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 As per the forum Code of Conduct, please do not advertise or post your personal details, products or services on the message boards. Any advertising without permission will be removed.Forum moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 eBay is worth a shot especially if you're desperate enough to be selling at a bargain price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I have sent you a pm so please look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 pm sent from me also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Which area are you in by the way?What type of house?Will have some ideas for you if you are interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 [quote user="jon"]Which area are you in by the way?What type of house?Will have some ideas for you if you are interested?[/quote] As per the forum Code of Conduct, please do not advertise or post your products or services on the message boards. Any advertising without permission will be removed.Forum moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 I must either be stupid or blind because I cannot see how offering some ideas, which is what the poster asked for, just offering mind you, can be construed as posting a product or service.Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Only the bit that's been moderated out, J/R. There was originally a link which advertised said property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayennaise Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 We are in a similar situation - all suggestion gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 [quote user="cooperlola"]Only the bit that's been moderated out, J/R. There was originally a link which advertised said property.[/quote]I was talking about the warning given to Johns posting, perhaps the offending bit has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanna Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Over 90% of house sales are to the French - so start with all the local agents and price the house at a sensible level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 That figure might be true for France as a whole Joanna, but depends very much on the area of the OP. In some areas 60% of sales are to people who are not local to the area, and are from outside of the department or country.The sensible price is obviously good advice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Ian has had a link to a property ad for months. Nobody touched that. Where is the problem? This site has to be flexible, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanna Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 [quote user="Cat"]That figure might be true for France as a whole Joanna, but depends very much on the area of the OP. In some areas 60% of sales are to people who are not local to the area, and are from outside of the department or country.The sensible price is obviously good advice though.[/quote]Even if you live in Eymet there are still a lot of sales going to the French - and the French use French agents. So do lots of the English. And the Dutch, the Germans etc. So what reason can there pôssibly be for not using a French agent? It doesn't cost the seller anything, you can sign on with as many as you want and a decent agent will smooth out a lot of hassles. And you get to the widest possible market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I'm not sure what you are using as the source of your info Joanna, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, honest [:)]There is no reason whatsoever not to use a French agent, I wasn't disputing that (I'd be shooting myself in the foot if I did, as Mr Cat is himself a French Immobilier). It's just that, I do know that in this area (not Eymet or the Dordogne, simply a rural area with very little employment) nowhere near 90% of houses are sold to French people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanna Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 [quote user="Cat"]I'm not sure what you are using as the source of your info Joanna, and I'm not trying to be argumentative, honest [:)]There is no reason whatsoever not to use a French agent, I wasn't disputing that (I'd be shooting myself in the foot if I did, as Mr Cat is himself a French Immobilier). It's just that, I do know that in this area (not Eymet or the Dordogne, simply a rural area with very little employment) nowhere near 90% of houses are sold to French people. [/quote]Figures come from the Sud Ouest - my OH is also in the immo selling vineyards so we note the figures! Course you aren't being argumentative it's just that so many people ignore the French market for whatever reason and even if the majority of houses in the area are being sold to foreigners it still means that quite a few go to the French. I'd have thought that at the moment with the weak pound it's particularly important to aim at those who don't have to factor in a dodgy exchange rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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