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I love "Buy Me." I can never find it on tv though. Is it on late at night?
I also loved "Buy Me"!!!! Sadly I think some of the new garbage they are showing has put it on the back burner, as I can't seem to find it in any time slot Used to be on at 9 pm Mondays here and then repeated 1 am, until some new show with a group of real estate agents babbling big time, boring premeired in that time slot
Can't believe the peolpe can afford the homes on House Hunters
Just watched a House hunter episode with a mid thirties couple with two children and both working as researchers for the Univ of Denver with a budget of $1.1 to $1.6M. Can't believe there aren't some special circumstances there. Situations like this may make people believe they can afford anything, hence the high foreclosure rates.
Just watched a House hunter episode with a mid thirties couple with two children and both working as researchers for the Univ of Denver with a budget of $1.1 to $1.6M. Can't believe there aren't some special circumstances there. Situations like this may make people believe they can afford anything, hence the high foreclosure rates.
What special circumstances? They are high income professionals. No surprises there. So they can afford a million dollar plus home. It is interesting to see what that buys in the area they were looking at. Jay
House hunt inter'l.......I just can not believe what money buys in other countries. The expectations buyers here have vs the "luxe" there is unbelievable. Last night a couple had been looking for the perfect home for over a year, would place an offer of 100k+ less than asking on their picks. I don't remember the budget but think it was around 350K. In the end they did not get the house and the agent told them that the market was not the same as in the U.S. (buyers were from CA) that sellers stick to their prices...hmmm interesting.
Well first, duh, a lot of it is staged. I only wish working with buyers to find the 'perfect' home only took 30 minutes lol There are 'real' buyers, who do 'buy' a house - it's just that say out of the 3 houses, 1 is the one they bought and the other 2 can be anything so long as it's comparable.
Painter, you're right in that we see people coming from say the states where there are so many SS/REO's/motivated sellers that people go to a foreign country and low ball a seller (and $100k+ below list price is definitely low ball - anywhere) and at least here, we are not like the US market. One can get a lot of bang for their buck here, especially with much lower cost of living. One thing we try to 'explain' to our sellers here are market conditions in other countries, especially ones with a high inventory of SS/REOs yet higher cost of living. I flat out ask them: How much profit do you really have to make? The market has changed, globally, so we need to adapt with it.
Most sellers, at least in my area, are willing to evaluate any serious offer but if it's already priced reasonably, then like anywhere else if someone comes in $100k+ below list, well, that will be a big 'no' from the seller - if I was a seller and someone offered me $100k+ lower than a reasonable list price I'd say thanks but no thanks too.
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Used to be on at 9 pm Mondays here and then repeated 1 am, until some new show with a group of real estate agents babbling big time, boring premeired in that time slot 
Can't believe the peolpe can afford the homes on House Hunters
