SOLD - at the 11th hour
December 17th 2008 02:10
It's amazing what a little pressure can do...
We were going to pull the house from the agent at the end of this week. On Monday, the property sold. Like magic.
While it is true that we didn't get what we had hoped for the property - everything is a sliding scale in this crazy economic hubbub - we are more than happy with the price achieved. No money lost from selling the house and moving, and that is the whole point.
When a market is in downturn - as this one clearly is - the aim of the game should be to cover costs or salvage lifestyle. Why move unless you have to? Why sell for a fire sale unless you can't afford to eat or enjoy the house?
We are moving towns, so our choices were limited. But I refused to be hemmed in by anything other than my own hand.
We have our sights set on a particular suburb, even down to a few select streets. Hopefully, if this sale comes off, we will have cash in our pockets to go prospecting in a downward market. Fingers crossed.
We were going to pull the house from the agent at the end of this week. On Monday, the property sold. Like magic.
While it is true that we didn't get what we had hoped for the property - everything is a sliding scale in this crazy economic hubbub - we are more than happy with the price achieved. No money lost from selling the house and moving, and that is the whole point.
When a market is in downturn - as this one clearly is - the aim of the game should be to cover costs or salvage lifestyle. Why move unless you have to? Why sell for a fire sale unless you can't afford to eat or enjoy the house?
We have our sights set on a particular suburb, even down to a few select streets. Hopefully, if this sale comes off, we will have cash in our pockets to go prospecting in a downward market. Fingers crossed.
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