10% below asking price is usually about right as an opening offer
but you definitely get dickheads or people who've been lied to by their estate agents who are totally unrealistic. when i bought my flat, the one i really wanted was near gloucester road, with a key to one of those amazing secret square gardens, like in "notting hill". it was just at the top of my budget, and i KNEW it was way cheap, so banged in an asking price offer.

yeah... the next day she got foxtons round, who valued it at £500,000 more. funnily enough, she rejected my offer. and in the end she got £480k more, so the first one was a total fuckwit muppet.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 9:54, 1 reply, 9 years ago)

Usually at least 10% over here.

( Slippery Mick ‏, Mon 16 Feb 2015, 10:37, Reply)