Anyone buying or selling At a glance: Selling in 2010

[BoyRacer]

At a glance: Selling in 2010 → tribune.ie/property/article/ … g-and-why/

• Price is king – and if you are not getting any viewings, your property is probably over-priced.

• Remember that prices have dropped by up to 50% from the peak of spring 2006, while asking prices now give only an indication: actual selling price can be between 10% and 25% below that.

• Ask for the most senior negotiator when hiring an agent.

• Keep a close eye on anything selling in your area. If something goes sale agreed, ask your agent to find out as much information on it as they can; it may help your own sale.

• Prepare for the long haul: some agents quote an average of eight months to sell.

there is more

[magoko101]

To say there’s no activity in the market is not strictly true, says Michael Grehan (inset), director of Sherry FitzGerald.

“Already this year we have registered over 400 new buyers, making a total of nearly 2,000 throughout our 14 branches. Since the beginning of the month, we have also carried out over 600 viewings. That’s because of pent-up demand. There are people who sold their property over a year ago, who have been renting ever since, and are now keen to make a move.”

So they have 2000 new buyers and have carried out 600 viewings so far across 13 branches…in let’s say 3 weeks.

So that could read: ‘a possible maximum of FTBs are bothering to even view properties’… and this is pent up demand
We can also see that each branch carries out approx 47 individual viewings a week… so per branch there is an average of ~9 viewings a day. I’m amazed the boom hasn’t restarted with such figures

[johnnyskeleton]

the fact is that 88% of the job force is still employed

Hurray!

[finkie]

Don’t forget Grehan is a property investment genius. Check out the uncanny set of predictions he made in Jan 2009 in the Sunday Business Post
thepost.ie/story/mhidqlkfid/rss2/
This guy is seriously worth listening to…now how do you do that sarcasm emoticon thingy again?

[rebelbuttmunch]

wonder why he doesnt want the price to drop any more in his ‘predictions’

"Michael Grehan is managing director of the Sherry FitzGerald Group "