The House Price Is Right ; It's a Buyers' Market, but Many Simply Don't Haggle.Yet They Could Save Thousands by Playing the Bargain Game

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EVERYONE seems to agree that cooling house prices have made it a buyers' market, so first-timers or families moving up the housing ladder might be expected to strike a hard bargain. Amazingly, they often fail even to ask for a reduction. JO THORNHILL reports on how to get the best deal and looks at other ways

Consumer rights and the ceaseless quest for a bargain are the order of the day, so it seems incredible that many first-time housebuyers pay the asking price without question. As many as one in three did not negotiate during the past year and more than 90 per cent failed to knock even six per cent off the asking price.

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The House Price Is Right ; It's a Buyers' Market, but Many Simply Don't Haggle.Yet They Could Save Thousands by Playing the Bargain Game

With most commentators agreeing that the market peaked almost a year ago, these are staggering statistics.

Even estate agents, notorious for their optimism, concede that it is now a buyers' market.

And the picture is not improving.

Almost one in five prospective first timers sa...

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