Only 258 house-hunters registered with estate agents during February...

Graham_Devon

googler wrote: »

If each of the supermarkets had one unqiue product that no other supermarket had (as in each EA having sole agency for each property on their books), it might be a different analogy....?

Yes, but....

Actually, don't worry

princessamy86

It would be difficult to get an average for the past few years though, as it would be skewed by the huge dip. Still, can pull it off rightmove for you if you want? I think I can do it for the EAs in my area.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I guess "average" over a few years.

Can you define that is that the average when 100%+ mortgages were available.
That average is no longer here.

(remind you of something Graham)

Graham_Devon wrote: »

What's normal?

100 - 125% mortgages? Because that's what this "normality" was based on before the crash.

I don't think that's coming back.

Graham_Devon

princessamy86 wrote: »

It would be difficult to get an average for the past few years though, as it would be skewed by the huge dip. Still, can pull it off rightmove for you if you want? I think I can do it for the EAs in my area.

Would just be interested in the figure really. I haven't got a set timeframe in mind. Just something in which we can compare to this figure that's being used.

Graham_Devon

Really2 wrote: »

Can you define that is that the average when 100%+ mortgages were available.
That average is no longer here.

(remind you of something Graham)

100% mortgages would make absolutely no difference to the house hunters registered.

Nice try. (Somehow I feel this is going to go round in circles, so I'm going to take "absolutely no difference" back, and say "extremely minimal difference").

princessamy86

GD: Average sales per month for our branch (small independent in small town) is about 5, with roughly 30 people registering for property per month. January this year-total anomaly, our branch has been open for 2 years and we had our record sales month with 8 sales in January. 62 people registered for property.

Gone worryingly quiet at the moment, March number of applicants registered so far is about 12 I think. Does that sort of answer your question?

ETA: Countrywide have been there for 10 years and I think they generally do about 7 or 8 sales a month.

Really2

Graham_Devon wrote: »

100% mortgages would make absolutely no difference to the house hunters registered.

Nice try. (Somehow I feel this is going to go round in circles, so I'm going to take "absolutely no difference" back, and say "extremely minimal difference").

You were talking of average sales for january GD, just thought I would present your own sword for you to fall on.

Graham_Devon

princessamy86 wrote: »

GD: Average sales per month for our branch (small independent in small town) is about 5, with roughly 30 people registering for property per month. January this year-total anomaly, our branch has been open for 2 years and we had our record sales month with 8 sales in January. 62 people registered for property.

Gone worryingly quiet at the moment, March number of applicants registered so far is about 12 I think. Does that sort of answer your question?

Definately does, thanks.

Interesting that it jumped so much in January and that was your record sales month! Would have thought it would have been November / December.

Graham_Devon

Really2 wrote: »

You were talking of average sales for january GD, just thought I would present your own sword for you to fall on.

No, I was talking about average house hunters.

Mind the sword.

trolleymate

princessamy86 wrote: »

GD: Average sales per month for our branch (small independent in small town) is about 5, with roughly 30 people registering for property per month. January this year-total anomaly, our branch has been open for 2 years and we had our record sales month with 8 sales in January. 62 people registered for property.

Gone worryingly quiet at the moment, March number of applicants registered so far is about 12 I think. Does that sort of answer your question?

ETA: Countrywide have been there for 10 years and I think they generally do about 7 or 8 sales a month.

A lot of people are going down the route of selling properties by themselves, online agents or the new fixed price marketers rather than the traditional Estate Agents, would this have any impact on the figures.