{"id":4225,"date":"2015-05-07T16:21:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T16:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=4225"},"modified":"2018-02-22T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T12:11:19","slug":"mini-guide-negotiating-an-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/mini-guide-negotiating-an-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Guide: Negotiating an Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>Getting the best price for anything in life is a good way to ensure that you have the spare money to do the things that you want to do. When buying a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a>, this haggling takes a more organised form. Negotiating on the price of a house really is commonplace, unlike haggling for supermarket food, which some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mFmxaxCSUAI\">TV personalities<\/a> try to push.<\/p>\n<p>Saving thousands of pounds, can make the difference between your dream <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a> and your nearly perfect house with that 1980\u2019s d\u00e9cor that you loathe. But watch out for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/newsbysector\/constructionandproperty\/11246632\/Revealed-The-gazumping-capital-of-Britain.html\">Gazumping<\/a> an offer accepted does not mean that the seller isn\u2019t still on the hunt for a higher price, ask them to take the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Title (property)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/title-property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/title_property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01gzht;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Title_(property)\" >property<\/a> off of the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Market (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/market-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/market_economics;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Market_(economics)\" >market<\/a> once they have accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Countrywide mortgage brokers estimated that there were around 12 buyers for every property in the first quarter of 2014. Whilst this number is set to reduce for 2015, the buyers\u2019 market leads to less wiggle <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/room\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/room;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06ht1;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Room\" >room<\/a> for price negotiation especially in high demands areas such as South-East England. This means that when it comes to negotiating there are a few things to bear in mind to ensure that you come away with the best possible <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Value (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/value-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/value_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0bhr4z;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Value_(economics)\" >value<\/a>-for-money:<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, you do not want <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Renting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renting\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renting;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01y857;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renting\" >to let<\/a> your heart rule your head. It is so tempting to mentally move in before you have even put an offer on the table, but this can cloud your judgement about the cost of any <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"remodelling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renovation\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renovation;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06b49c;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renovation\" >renovation<\/a> works that need to be carried out. Therefore, it is always best to get a third party such as a trusted friend to come with you to the viewings and analyse the property too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nickmarr.com\/\">Nick Marr<\/a>, <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> expert, says: \u201cnever get carried away with how much you like the house that can come later. This is the serious part, take into account renovations, moving costs and stamp duty before making a sensible offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-to-rent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find property to rent here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find property for sale here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/category\/guides\/buying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find more buying guides here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the best price for anything in life is a good way to ensure that you have the spare money to do the things that you want to do. When buying a house, this haggling takes a more organised form.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/mini-guide-negotiating-an-offer\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":4226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[48,67,53,110],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/shouting-money.jpg","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/mini-guide__negotiating_an_offer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4225"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15654,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4225\/revisions\/15654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4225"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=4225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}