Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Pounds and feet

I have a dream.. that one day in this country, property will be marketed with the cost per square foot clearly indicated.  These are my arguments:



  1. It's much more common in the US and in Europe
  2. It's easier to see how much house you're getting for your money
  3. It will help stop massive over-valuing or 'buying boards' (the practice of over-valuing to win instructions)
  4. It allows direct comparisons of properties
  5. We even buy our loo rolls like this - 21p per sheet for example, so why not our houses?
I ALWAYS present my clients with a Price Per Square Foot Analysis, and whilst the critics out there will argue that there's much more to property valuing than this, it's a very good starting point.

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