Is it just my area, or are there a huge number of new properties on the market?

ukcarper

What is the average number of people in a chain that will give you some idea of how many vacant positions?

carolt

Harry_Powell wrote: »

How do you know they're chain free? (don't tell me you fall for the EA 'vacant possession on completion' blurb - all houses are vacant possession on completion, unless they have a sitting tenant).

I'd also not believe the 'no chain' scam either. We went to see plenty of houses when we were buying where the estate agent promised that the vendor was going to go into rented accomodation so that they 'had time to choose their next property'. When we asked some of the vendors, they looked very shifty and one even admitted that they didn't know they'd be stuck in an assured tenancy agreement for 6 months B4 they could buy again - they reconsidered that option. Needless to say we didn't buy any of these houses as we wanted a quick purchase.

As Emy says, it's kind of obvious that they're chain free, as they're clearly empty on the photos. As well as the blurb that says 'chain free'. I know one of the sellers - they (sadly) inherited a much larger house elsewhere, were going to rent out their old home, but have now decided to sell instead.