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Selling house - viewings dried up in half term

Hi,
We are selling our house in Sussex. For the first 2 weeks viewings were going well, most days we would have at least one, with a couple of second viewings, but then in the half term holidays things completely stopped. Is this normal? Have others experienced this as well?

Thanks for your help everyone.
Mark
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  • rob404uk
    rob404uk Posts: 177 Forumite
    By the sounds of it you have had over 20 viewings. Therefore most of the house hunters for your type of property have probably viewed so it would slow down.
    If you have had no offers with that many viewings I would differ with your opinion of things going well. I would have expected an offer by now. Perhaps your property is slightly expensive. (Not too much though as you have had some second viewings)
  • Odd, no offers at all despite 2nd viewing or mention of price? What does your EA say?
  • lessonlearned
    lessonlearned Posts: 13,337 Forumite
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    20 viewings, no offers, something is wrong.....Speak to your EA.

    At any rate the market will now be going into hibernation, people will have their eyes on Christmas.
  • Contessa
    Contessa Posts: 1,135 Forumite
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    20 viewings, no offers, something is wrong.....Speak to your EA.

    At any rate the market will now be going into hibernation, people will have their eyes on Christmas.

    Is it better to now wait until after Christmas before putting a house on the market? Or does it depend on the area?
  • Personally, I'd put a house up for sale now...before this daft Government Help to Buy Scheme gets extended on 1 January to "secondhand" homes.
  • lessonlearned
    lessonlearned Posts: 13,337 Forumite
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    Contessa wrote: »
    Is it better to now wait until after Christmas before putting a house on the market? Or does it depend on the area?

    Traditionally the market tends to quieten down from November onwards because most people don't want to move the week before Christmas.

    The exception to this rule is new build. Many of the builders have their financial year end on December 31st and try to get as many completions by that date, hence their bargainous offers from about October onwards.

    This year, who knows. We are on the cusp of an upsurge in house sales, with the right to buy schemes providing much of the impetus.

    There is a lot of pent up demand, activity levels are rising along with prices.

    So far the "feeding frenzy" seems to be confined to London and the SE, although the effects are being spread out across the UK.

    Generally business is "brisk". The best houses are being snapped up fast.

    Should you take the plunge or should you wait.

    There is no harm in dipping your toe in the water.

    However be warned that when the market is slow and a house is seen to "languish" for several months people do tend to question what is wrong with it.

    People see it on RM or wherever and start to wonder why it has not sold yet. Houses that linger for too long can sometimes be very difficult to shift.
  • pawpurrs
    pawpurrs Posts: 3,910 Forumite
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    Also in sussex, same senario, might take itoff for a bit as theres nothing for me to buy.
    Pawpurrs x ;)
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    What's your target selling market in terms of buyer? Proceedable buyers take time to find.
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
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    Personally, I'd put a house up for sale now...before this daft Government Help to Buy Scheme gets extended on 1 January to "secondhand" homes.
    What is your ethos? Sell low and buy high?
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • Kynthia
    Kynthia Posts: 5,677 Forumite
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    I'm looking in a Greater London right now and frenzy is the right word! Put yours on for a couple of weeks and take it off if there isn't much activity.
    Don't listen to me, I'm no expert!
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