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Frugaldom

I've just tried using the free valuation check at http://www.propertypriceadvice.co.uk/ as suggested on the MSE site and am horrified by the result it threw up! LOL

I keyed in all the relevant details and it came back at me with a free 'guesstimate' valuation of £100,000 to £135,000!

This was for a house that just sold for £40,000 so I am not likely to try that again in a hurry. And no, the £40,000 was not for an ex-council house. LOL

soappie

MSE Jenny - just an advisory note - the Government Planning Portal you refer to in the article doesn't hold ALL planning details. Councils in Dorset, for example, have recently STOPPED using the Portal's services and have their own bespoke online services instead.

I suggest, for people to be ABSOLUTELY certain, they go to the website of the Council their potential property is in (council websites are of the form <council>.gov.uk), navigate to the planning section of the website and follow the link for planning applications from there.

John_Pierpoint

There is a whole lot of stuff on the direction of house prices now on the forum (What a difference 9 months makes!!)

This is a more detailed view of individual towns
http://www.hbosplc.com/economy/inclu...TownsData3.xls

With thanks to IveSeenTheLight who originally posted it here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=11384847

minimike2

The valuations on that site are WAAAAAAAAY out. (propertypriceadvice)

It overvalued my house by £100k and one of my clients used it and it overvalued by £140k.

I would take it with a pinch of salt.

I would recommend the link be removed from the site to be honest. The figures are just crazy.

moneybagsuk

Surely it is worth including a link the new-ish free uk house price site Zoopla on this page?

They have the sold house price info like many other sites, but also do instant property value estimates, seems better / more sophisticated than Prop price advice, although mine was a bit depressing but given the current market probably true.

silvercar

:j Propertyadvice more than doubles my wildest dreams of what my house is worth. Accepting that it predicts its accuracy only as "fair", its range is from two and a half times what we paid for it in 2006 to nearly 3 times if the market was good.:j

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WishI'dReadSooner

It doubled the selling price of my house too. Putting in excellent, good & in need of repairs brought up the same figures. - If only!

harryhound

moneybagsuk wrote: »

Surely it is worth including a link the new-ish free uk house price site Zoopla on this page?

They have the sold house price info like many other sites, but also do instant property value estimates, seems better / more sophisticated than Prop price advice, although mine was a bit depressing but given the current market probably true.

I like Zoopla because it sorts out the correct postal address, complete with post code and puts up a picture - the house next door to my late mother now has a swimming pool:D

The price guestimates are trending downwards, if you poke around you can get a graph. I don't know who's index is used but I expect it is using the 3 month average, when anyone who is trying to sell knows the market is drying up.