We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING: Hello Forumites! In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non-MoneySaving matters are not permitted per the Forum rules. While we understand that mentioning house prices may sometimes be relevant to a user's specific MoneySaving situation, we ask that you please avoid veering into broad, general debates about the market, the economy and politics, as these can unfortunately lead to abusive or hateful behaviour. Threads that are found to have derailed into wider discussions may be removed. Users who repeatedly disregard this may have their Forum account banned. Please also avoid posting personally identifiable information, including links to your own online property listing which may reveal your address. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Property search websites

simplymegreg
simplymegreg Posts: 74 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Stupid question, but when looking to buy a house are there any other decent websites that list houses for sale apart from Rightmove?

Basically, I'm just wondering whether Rightmove should be the only website to consider when house hunting or if there are other websites that I should look at (Primelocation perhaps?).

Thanks
«1

Comments

  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,300 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I used Rightmove, Primelocation and Zoopla when I was hunting -think that pretty much covers the market
  • SG27
    SG27 Posts: 2,773 Forumite
    I think if you are in Scotland it may be slightly different but in the south east I've never seen a house listed on any of the minor sites that wasn't on rightmove.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    In E&W - Rightmove, Primelocation, Findaproperty, Zoopla and any individual agents' sites for the area you're looking at.

    In Scotland, as the poster above said, a totally different set of sites to be looked at. Will post these only if asked, because the last time I did, someone clicked Spam on it ....
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    A few years ago, some agents in predominantly rural West Wales, tried to avoid the cost of Rightmove and didn't subscribe, or stopped subscribing. I had to do some individual serches to catch them all.

    Now, due to market conditions, I see just about all of them on there, with the exception of the Smallholding Centre, which is a niche market seller.

    It's probably similar elsewhere.
  • StevenMarks
    StevenMarks Posts: 268 Forumite
    About Zoopla; Is there any way of filtering a search only down to detached properties?
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    StevenMarks wrote: »
    About Zoopla; Is there any way of filtering a search only down to detached properties?

    More Options, and put 'Detached' in a a keyword?
  • Contessa
    Contessa Posts: 1,168 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Zoopla has recently taken over Prime Location, Findaproperty and Globrix.
  • Waterlily24
    Waterlily24 Posts: 1,328 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    edited 26 December 2012 at 11:31PM
    StevenMarks wrote: »
    About Zoopla; Is there any way of filtering a search only down to detached properties?

    I think zoopla is better than rightmove. It's easy to do a search for something specific, unless I've missed something on rightmove lol.
  • olias
    olias Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    I found one completely by accident - have never seen it advertised or mentioned anywhere. it is:

    http://homes.trovit.co.uk/

    Just put in the town/village/area in the search field together with any other keywords, for example, Newquay seaview. It will take you to a list where you can further refine your list with price from/to, number of bedrooms etc etc.

    I have found loads of properties when searching that are not on the two big sites. I find the ability to keyword search as being the best advantage.

    Olias
  • StevenMarks
    StevenMarks Posts: 268 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    More Options, and put 'Detached' in a a keyword?

    That gives you semi detached as well.
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.5K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.4K Life & Family
  • 258.9K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture