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What does this mean on rightmove?
thunderbird
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'XYZ Estate Agents have removed this property. It may now be sold, under offer or temporarily withdrawn from the market. '
Properties that have been sold seem to have a sign stuck over the photo saying so, so I'm assuming that any that have the above message put on them have just been taken off the market with that EA - vendors decided not to sell or changing to different EA?
Properties that have been sold seem to have a sign stuck over the photo saying so, so I'm assuming that any that have the above message put on them have just been taken off the market with that EA - vendors decided not to sell or changing to different EA?
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Yes I think the safest way of interpreting this is that the vendor is having a rethink.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
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Thanks. I am trying to keep a track on what is happening in the area I'm looking at and how many houses are selling. Think I can assume that these ones aren't then...0
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I'm afraid it certainly can mean that they are sold.
I still have my watch list from a year ago, and most of the properties on that are now marked as you describe, including the one I bought!
The others were mainly properties that seemed better than average, at least on paper, as I didn't keep track of obvious lemons.
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You can look on houseprices.co.uk and see if they appear0
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Ah, right - so it's inconclusive then!
I would have thought it would be in the EA's interest to mark them as sold if they have been.0 -
only if they sold it. I have seen this where a property is on with multiple agents but obviously only sold through one. The others just "withdraw" it.thunderbird wrote: »Ah, right - so it's inconclusive then!
I would have thought it would be in the EA's interest to mark them as sold if they have been.0 -
I think it's just muddle. Some are flagged 'Sold' or 'Under Offer' and some not. Some of the 'Sold' or 'Under Offer' properties are not greyed-out either. Each agent probably does their own thing, and then there's the multiple agency consideration too!
Murphy's Law in operation, probably.
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The house I'm selling was marked that way by the first EA when I moved to the second EA. When I found a buyer it was marked under offer and now that we have exchanged, it is now withdrawn from Rightmove again.
EAs don't keep houses on Rightmove indefinitely after they have been sold. The ones marked as sold are generally going through the sale process. Properties that have been withdrawn are not being marketed for any number of reasons0
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