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Is there a way of finding out how long a property has been for sale?

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  • V.Lucky
    V.Lucky Posts: 806 Forumite
    I don't have mozilla/firefox and dh is not keen on me installing it.
    :hello:
  • sprocker1
    sprocker1 Posts: 51 Forumite
    Poppys May/June..........
  • jonewer
    jonewer Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Running_Horse wrote: »
    You could ask?

    You could ask Gordon Brown if its his fault the economy is in a mess and millions of people are out of work.

    You wont get a very accurate answer though.
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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just ask the selling agent?
  • CloudCuckooLand
    CloudCuckooLand Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    Rightmove's http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-value.html shows current and historical entries for a postcode, so switching agents/relisting doesn't hide everything.
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  • Drodough
    Drodough Posts: 122 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    CloudCuckooLand wrote: »
    Rightmove's http://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-value.html shows current and historical entries for a postcode, so switching agents/relisting doesn't hide everything.

    I use this and it is fab- one thing though, it provides the following info for any properties what have been merketed:

    Marketed on Rightmove until DATE

    However, it does not seem to tell you when it went ON the market? Or am I missing that bit?? :p
  • poppysarah
    poppysarah Posts: 11,522 Forumite
    Property snake?

    home.co.uk

    Ask the EA.
    Ask the vendor.

    Ask to see the hip. They might say they don't need one because it was first put on for sale back in the dark ages (Do all properties now have to have a HIP even if they've been on for sale for a long time?)

    The hip will have a date of when it was put together.
  • MissMotivation
    MissMotivation Posts: 1,751 Forumite
    edited 12 February 2010 at 9:33AM
    According to Rightmove it's been on since 17/7/09 with Marshalls?

    No record of it being on the market before that, with any other agents, and I searched back 5 years.

    The last 2 sales are

    No.5 23/7/07 Terraced £179,950
    No1 17/9/04 Terraced £149,950

    HTH
    My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say ;)
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  • MissMotivation
    MissMotivation Posts: 1,751 Forumite
    poppysarah wrote: »
    Property snake?

    home.co.uk

    Ask the EA.
    Ask the vendor.

    Ask to see the hip. They might say they don't need one because it was first put on for sale back in the dark ages (Do all properties now have to have a HIP even if they've been on for sale for a long time?)

    The hip will have a date of when it was put together.

    If a property came onto the market before HIP's were introduced the property only needs to have an EPC.
    My home is usually the House Buying, Renting and Selling Forum where I can be found trying to (sometimes unsucessfully) prove that not all Estate Agents are crooks. With 20 years experience of Sales/Lettings and having bought and sold many of my own properties I've usually got something to say ;)
    Ignore......check!
  • V.Lucky
    V.Lucky Posts: 806 Forumite
    Thank you MM, that is excellent. I thought it had been on a while but not that long. The old guy has gone into a nursing home, and his family are selling so it gives me extra negotiating power if we decide to buy.

    We have a viewing on Tues, and have already been and peered through the windows as it has vacant posession.
    :hello:
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