“Siamo in trappola”: disperazione per i venditori mentre la guerra con l’Iran mette a dura prova la fiducia nel mercato immobiliare del Regno Unito | I prezzi delle case
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/12/trapped-despair-sellers-as-iran-war-knocks-uk-housing-market
di JackStrawWitchita
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>Sellers could expect bidding wars only a few months ago but a house he values at £600,000 may now go on at £575,000 to get buyers through the door.
Would love to know what the owners paid for it originally.
“Martin Short has been trying to sell his home for three years”…. And is now blaming the situation in Iran.
Falling house prices are usually a benefit as most people move to more expensive properties up the ladder so a fall on their property should correspond to a larger fall on the place they want to buy. Obviously not for everyone and not for people who bought recently, but you shouldn’t really be buying a house unless you plan to stay for 5 years
I don’t really see how the war in Iran has anything much to do with house prices, which were falling anyway.
Unless they’re living in Dubai, I suppose. But in this case theyre not.
Simple fact is he’s asking too much for the house. If it’s “valued” at £600k and no one is interested, then it’s isn’t worth £600k. Be interesting to know what it was bought for too.
The person quoted in the article has been trying to sell his property for three years. Something tells me the Iran war is not the issue. Price it sensibly and it will sell.
Well he’s not trapped unless the front and back door don’t open. He still has a house he can live in.
Perhaps we need to look at housing as a home, rather than an investment vehicle.
‘Martin and Shirley Short took over The Unicorn in Bekesbourne, near Canterbury, in 2008 and had high hopes for their new business.
But after five years of hard work and losing money, they have called last orders for the final time, blaming a combination of the recession and supermarket alcohol deals.’
Always got a good eye for a loss making business opportunity has our Martin.
I live on a street that is popular, often get letters through the door to list – unusually there are currently 4 houses on for sale – and they have all been on for months – every one of them is asking crazy money and won’t sell until they get more realistic about the price – like probably 15%-20% drop in price I would think. People have gotten greedy – is why stuff isn’t shifting.
The interest rates would be the main thing putting me off selling and moving at the moment. The only reason why I would move is for a bigger house which means boring more money at ~4%. That will put most people off buying and I have no idea how first time buyers can afford their first mortgage at 4-4.5%.
People are quick to blame falling house prices on the war, but the real reason is that I, an older millennial, have just managed to buy my first home at 44. You’re welcome.
Peoples houses are being bombed in the Middle East – what this means for your completely secure, not in the slightest bit singed overpriced property you could still safely live in.
If the one good thing coming out of that war is falling house prices then that would be awesome. And yes, I own my house and would be in negative equity, but I bought it as a home, not an investment.