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

Tiners

ProDave wrote: »

Scottish Highlands. 2 1/2 years on market. Changed agent, dropped price. 10 viewings no offers. gave up in disgust now reluctant landlords letting the property.

Don't be so harsh and self critical!!

Yes you might well have been stupid, greedy and clearly deluded with your asking price... but please don't be disgusted with yourself.

C.C.L.

August 2016 one view sold for full asking price within 4 hours of going on the market
August 2017 another one we've just accepted an offer today been on the market for 4 weeks with 5 views. West Yorkshire.

Pumpkim

West Yorkshire
4 viewings and one offer after 1 week. Fell through 4 weeks later.
Back on market, 3 viewings and two offers after 2 weeks. Fingers crossed no hiccups with this one!

Bhanson

East Yorkshire. On the market three days, five viewings. Full asking price offer received. Due to complete later this month.

Bought for £95k in 2012, selling for £120k.

3mph

Natbag wrote: »

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

Ours was a classic case of the right buyer at the right time. Our buyer had been looking for 2 years having already sold. It just so happened that our house, location & garden exactly matched what they wanted.

Car1980

18 months, 20 viewings.
Nw England

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3mph wrote: »

Ours was a classic case of the right buyer at the right time. Our buyer had been looking for 2 years having already sold. It just so happened that our house, location & garden exactly matched what they wanted.

I hope it does not take me that long to find my last forever home. I have the cash, know the area and am waiting for new sales on RM. I am being hard headed, no interim ok properties, it has to be just right, my last time

StumpyPumpy

Surrey - Sold within 11 days after 4 viewings but EA had several more lined up and held in reserve if the sale fell through.

Of course, you only need one viewing, but if you want lots of viewings in a short period of time plus a reasonable chance of selling quickly then you need to be in the right part of the country or you need to sell via auction.

The "guide" price at auction is much lower than it would be in a normal sale but everyone has to wait until auction day to buy it, or at least show an interest, so the world and his dog will come out to view it: dreamers, tourists and people looking to turn a quick profit have only a short window to view so it will seem relentless and will be totally meaningless.

Tourists are a pain but dreamers can actually turn you a tidy profit: Where we used to live a property with planning permission to rip it down and build flats was auctioned three times in succession. Each time it sold for around £400k, each time the buyer paid their deposit (10%), each time they failed to raise the cash and forfeited £40k:eek:. The owners got £120k less expenses and still had the property (sold properly the 4th time around IIRC, but for significantly less).

SP

p.s. I'm not actually suggesting anyone sell at auction unless totally desperate for money or the house is a real pig in a poke and they are hoping a buyer doesn't notice before paying up.

Moriath

House was on the market for about a week and a half.

We wanted a quick sale so dropped the price a bit and sold for 295k 5k below the asking when they viewed it. This was 7 weeks ago. Hope to exchange next week.

Berkshire btw .

Didnt mind dropping a little i bought it for 83k in 1999. So its all profit

RedFraggle

York
36 hours, 4 viewings, full asking price.
Gobsmacked!