Low-key listing/private register

moneyistooshorttomention

I can see that a few houses being sold through estate agents are marketed as "low-key listing"/private register.

Studying details of one I have just spotted, for instance, I can see that it's a "luxury" type house and not an "ordinary house" (like mine).

Any thoughts/experiences of selling or buying a house this way? Is it just for "luxury" type properties - or do "ordinary houses" get sold that way sometimes too?

Davesnave

When we were looking in the late 80s, some houses were marketed like this, but the market was buoyant and the owners were clearly uncomfortable about having their house in the local paper etc. In our city, sale boards were banned, so it was quite hard to find out about these houses.

They weren't necessarily 'posh' houses. The ones we were shown would be around £325 -£375k today, I'd guess. They were small detached and semis with good plots.

Nowadays, most people seem to want maximum exposure to what market there is out there, but I still see a few houses on Rightmove where there's one or two outdoor shots and that's it. They aren't all wrecks either. I imagine the motivation is still privacy.

There are still places outside London & the SE where property flies off the shelf, perhaps because few people have sold there since the Crash and others are waiting to get in there, but at a sensible price. Our old road is like that. No wild prices, but everything sells quickly, so it would be possible to go low-key.

I just think people are less bothered about 'exposing' their houses to others' gaze these days.