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Same with deposit timing. “Offer accepted” should not be treated casually as meaning every sum is immediately at risk. Felix needs locally appropriate wording before funds are committed.

And decide the appraisal-gap cap, if any, in advance. Negotiating against yourself after a low valuation is how a supposedly disciplined offer becomes the asking price by another route.

On repair credits, establish how they interact with the agreed price and financing. A promised credit is not useful if the transaction structure or lender will not accommodate it.

I would still use MAD 3,150,200 if 5% is the deliberate limit. Precision is not offensive; false precision in the explanation would be.

Good point. A rounded MAD 3,150,000 might read more naturally, although it is slightly more than 5% below. Whether that matters depends on Felix’s intended ceiling, not aesthetics.

One trap is calling financing “clean” while retaining a financing condition. Better to be precise: proof is available, the application is progressing, and any condition is narrowly described rather than hidden.

Also define deposit exposure before signing anything. The contract should say what happens to the deposit if financing, valuation, inspection or title-related due diligence fails. Local drafting matters here.

I need to choose between several selling proposals soon, and the trade-off is not simply the quoted percentage. The property is a Marrakech townhouse expected to sell for around MAD 13,760,000. One proposal is inexpensive but leaves more of the transaction work with me; another costs more and...

Buyer financing and seller motivation could also explain the 73 days. A motivated seller cutting early is not comparable with one holding the original price, and financing-dependent buyers may respond differently from buyers with fewer timing constraints.

I’d challenge the +6.0% before analysing the energy angle. With a small sample, a few newly listed, better-finished properties can lift asking prices without indicating that comparable homes have appreciated.

Agreed on unclear scope, though I would not automatically favour the fullest package. A lower-fee proposal can still be better if the add-ons are transparent and you only pay for services you need. Send the same short list of scenarios to all three and request written answers. Their speed and...

Put all three into one table before discussing percentages. Ask each agent what the fee is calculated on, when it becomes payable, and every item that could be charged separately. Then give them the same hypothetical: photography, several viewings, two offers, negotiation and a first buyer who...

The template should stay short: property description, asking history, completed-price evidence and confidence, acquisition costs, works, operating assumptions, management responsibilities, financing scenario and exit case. Extra detail can sit in notes.

After this discussion, the most useful starter thread sounds less like a list of market reports and more like a shared template. Felix could post a blank version of the fields he tracks, with no client or transaction-identifying details, and members could suggest omissions.

The evidence is too thin for me to trust a single per-square-metre figure. The property is a 195 m², four-bedroom new-build flat in Marrakech at MAD 9,504,000, or about MAD 48,738 per m². Its light and location appeal to me, but the finishes do not look especially current, and carrying costs...

Agreed with victor. My suggested reading order would be local discussions first, then first-purchase and legal-checklist threads, followed by property-management and investment-modelling discussions. Mortgage comparisons come later because financing terms can distort an otherwise simple property...

The source of the price figures should drive the choice. I would begin on the Morocco board and treat closed transactions, total acquisition costs and serviced-apartment operations as separate lines of research. Listing data can still show changes in available stock, but first check whether the...

The seller's position appears to be that the size and new-build label justify MAD 5,792,000, but I am hesitant to value all 200 m² equally without knowing what that measurement includes. It is a one-bedroom flat in Marrakech with good light and location, while the finishes already strike me as...