How long and how many viewings did it take to sell?

Linton

Northern Midlands: 2 viewings in 2 days, 2nd viewer offered full asking price 2 days later.

starshapedbrick

West Midlands, January 2017. 5 viewings, accepted offer £5k under asking price (but £10k over what we thought we would get) after 3 weeks on the market.

Hedgehog99

East Anglia, just over three months, probably about eight viewers (incl some total time-wasters). Felt like an eternity.

I learned this: don't let a viewer re-schedule more than once: I let one re-schedule twice and on the third day he was due to view, he phoned to ask if there was any point in his viewing if he was only going to offer 70k less than asking price! Total berk.

phoebe1989seb

West Midlands.

We've been on the market a week. Six viewings so far. Edited to add - make that seven.....another booked for today!

We're hoping to buy in SW Wales and the properties we're looking at are going sstc within days/a month at most.....and looking at sold prices, some seem to be selling in excess of asking price.

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I am waiting to view any property but I do do a drive past and look into RM/google earth/streetview detail with a magifying glass, RM for previous sold prices. I also look at the market trend. All this without stressing vendors with a time wasting viewing. I only started looking seriously a couple of week ago and will buy before I sell, cash, can do as older and with savings. Seems to be a very slow market just now

enthusiasticsaver

We put our flat up for sale in April. We knew it could take a while as a flat, albeit with share of freehold, expensive as it is on select development with river/sea views. We had 2 different viewers over May and June who both viewed it twice with no offers. Changed agents in July and one viewing who offered over asking price but had not sold. We turned it down and he sold his house very quicly by reducing price and offered asking price which we accepted.mid July. Just exchanged today.

So altogether 6 months by completion date and 3 viewers

We are Cornwall

Natbag

kiely27 wrote: »

Wow. I am surprised by the ones that have sold so quickly! Especially South Wales as that is where we are buying and the market looks very slow. Would you say it's all about being realistically priced or sheer luck that you get the right person through the door?

With our first buyer (we sold within two days of going to market) I think it was a case of sheer luck that the right person had been waiting for one like ours to come up. Sadly that sale fell through, and that's why it is taking much longer this time round

NaughtiusMaximus

We listed our property in June, and accepted an offer five days later from the second person to view it (the first viewer was a time waster who offered over 20% below the asking price). Fingers crossed we hope to exchange within the next week or so.

We're in the West Midlands and the property value is towards the lower end of the market for the area.

Winter_Phoenix

Friends in the West Country recently sold their house in three days after six viewings.

They got the full asking price - £35K more than the identical one next door sold for two months earlier.

Time2go

Two weeks over two years 36 viewings

Three offers two sales fell through in first weeek since June on third and hopefully last