How long has a property been for sale?

pawpurrs

Primelocation

Mapson_2

elliewelly wrote: »

Are there any other sites like rightmove that I can use so that I am likely to cover all bases (a bit like I would use all the different comparison sites to compare insurance I suppose to try to cover as many insurers as possible)?

I find Globrix the most useful: http://www.globrix.com/

lovethymini

elliewelly wrote: »

I am sure everyone else has been through this, but we have just started looking for a property and have seen about 15 plus been through countless rightmove entries and nothing seems to be right. I absolutely know we'll have to compromise on something but I can't believe what we want is so hard to find and I dont want to leave any stone unturned!

I have been surprised that estate agents are not keener to try to tell me about suitable properties they have. So at the moment its just us and rightmove. Any suggestions or advice appreciated.

The EAs I've spoken to haven't been gushing the usual claptrap either and come across as being a lot more matter of fact which is nice and I think what they do say is a lot more believable.

If you're in a good position to make an offer if the right property came up you could do what a friend of mine did - she really wanted to live in a certain road so wrote a nice letter and delivered it to all the houses - she got a reply and ended up buying her dream house!

This is what we may end up doing too - we want to move to a small town where not many houses are on the market and we also need a double garage. I already know the roads that have what we need. The seller doesn't need to pay EA fees so everyone's a winner.

One other website I've looked on is zoopla, bit complicated to explain but you may find something on there. It's not the same as the other sites, but for example, I've clicked on my house and indicated that it's mine and that I am selling it, so anyone looking in my area for a property will see it's for sale. I did this before I went on the market officially and have found a few houses on there that aren't anywhere else. It's early days for unconventional property selling but I think it's picking up a bit?...

Globrix is good if you're looking for a specific type of home as you can narrow your search down ie display double garage properties only, but I'm not sure they've got anything that RM hasn't.

Lastly, I was surprised at how many properties there were on ebay!!!

Good Luck - my dad says you always need to compromise on a property unless you're loaded (but so long as he got his double garage he was happy :rolleyes:)

AndysDad

elliewelly wrote: »

Is there a web site where I can find out how long properties have been on the market?

Thanks

Try www.home.co.uk for checking individual houses.

Mapson_2

lovethymini wrote: »

Globrix is good if you're looking for a specific type of home as you can narrow your search down ie display double garage properties only, but I'm not sure they've got anything that RM hasn't.

Hi lovethymini.

Some Estate Agents in my area (Paul Carr, Acres) don't advertise on Rightmove anymore but they are on Globrix or FindAProperty..

lovethymini

Mapson wrote: »

Hi lovethymini.

Some Estate Agents in my area (Paul Carr, Acres) don't advertise on Rightmove anymore but they are on Globrix or FindAProperty..

Hi Mapson,

That's useful to know - thanks :beer:

Not surprised really, Globrix is so much better!

jharper

To answer the original question Mouseprice.com shows days on market for every listing.

Globrix has good coverage.

googler

jharper wrote: »

To answer the original question Mouseprice.com shows days on market for every listing.

Globrix has good coverage.

Yes, but they don't show 'every' listing for an area, just those they 'scrape' from either agents' websites, or from portals like Rightmove - so if they're not pulling in all the websites or portals, they'll have an incomplete picture.

To get back to the OP's question - for any given property, why not just ask the agent who's selling it?

Footnote - I just looked at mouseprice for the largest town in my county; it has 2 properties listed, one of which went Under Offer in 2009. After those two, there's almost 6 pages of properties outside the town, and miles away from its actual postcode. There's currently over 50 properties for sale in this town with various agents, so what value is there in the 2 properties shown on mouseprice?

Also, most of those listed on mouseprice aren't actual listings, merely what they call 'property flirts', the equivalent of zoopla's 'tempt me' - where owners put their target price, and encourage browsers to contact them......

Running_Horse

elliewelly wrote: »

Is there a web site where I can find out how long properties have been on the market?

Thanks

Have you tried asking?

poppysarah

elliewelly wrote: »

Thanks guys that's brilliant. Any other handy stuff like that?

property snake lists how long houses been for sale and what reductions


and houseprices.co.uk

AND
home.co.uk I think shows house price graphs for properties