No one wants to sell in a recession because the price is so low, they hang onto the properties and rent instead. I guess this was the first recession your colleague's (ex)landlord had seen. Absolute idiot :)
2009/1/14 Marika Waern <[email protected]> > Hi Jessica, > > I can tell you that my colleague's landlord increased his rent from $3000 > to $3800 in November with the argument that the recession would make less > people afford to buy and hence would rent instead so rental prices should > increase! My colleague hardly agreed and found another apartment, better > standard and the same size for $2600. The landlord never imagined that they > would actually move and quickly dropped his price back to $3000; too late. > The apartment is still on the market from what I know. > > Marika > > 2009/1/12 Jessica Bachman <[email protected]> > >> Hello Expats! >> >> >> This is Jessica with The Moscow Times. >> >> I am writing an article on how the crisis has affected prices for Moscow >> apartment rentals. Have any of you asked your landlords to lower the rent, >> in connection with general market prices falling, salary or housing >> allowance cuts? >> >> Has anyone had to move out and find a cheaper apartment in recent months? >> >> Has anyone recently rented as apartment (either econ-class, Soviet, or >> luxury) for a large discount? >> >> Any information you could provide will make my story much more >> interesting! Please e-mail at [email protected] or call me at the >> office at 234 3223 ex. 4355. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jessica >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> > > > > -- > Marika Waern > Moscow > Mob. Russia +7 985 231 6499 > Mob. Sweden +46 7308 32054 > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- Best Regards Nick Wilsdon e3internet http://www.e3internet.com Skype: Nick_Wilsdon Tel: +7 495 223 2329 (ext: 128) Blog: http://nickwilsdon.com
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