House not getting viewings!

Benmasonn

Hi there, our house has been on the market for just over a week and we have had no viewings! We understand that this isn’t the best time to put our house on the market, however we have our eyes on a new build as we have a baby on the way and need a bigger house. We can’t reserve the new build until we have an offer on our house!

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area! My concern is that the estate agent isn’t letting me know of potential buyers.

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

chunkytfg

Benmasonn wrote: »

Hi there, our house has been on the market for just over a week and we have had no viewings! We understand that this isn’t the best time to put our house on the market, however we have our eyes on a new build as we have a baby on the way and need a bigger house. We can’t reserve the new build until we have an offer on our house!

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area! My concern is that the estate agent isn’t letting me know of potential buyers.

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

Advice would be to not expect to sell a house in the month before Xmas and for things to pick up slowly throughout January.


Patience is key

hazyjo

The EAs will prob be shut in a couple of weeks' time until after New Year. Not much will happen this year now - not many will be viewing or selling. Who wants people traipsing round their houses when they've got all their Christmas decs and presents out? The paranoid will be thinking about all those burglars arranging viewings...

stripeyfox

Benmasonn wrote: »

Hi there, our house has been on the market for just over a week and we have had no viewings! We understand that this isn’t the best time to put our house on the market, however we have our eyes on a new build as we have a baby on the way and need a bigger house. We can’t reserve the new build until we have an offer on our house!

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area! My concern is that the estate agent isn’t letting me know of potential buyers.

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

I guess it is a quiet time of year. You could always post the RightMove link here for people to er "critique" the listing....

ReadingTim

Benmasonn wrote: »

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area!

Clearly though, it isn't - in fact it's so far off being "fairly priced", no-one's even bothered to look at it in person.

Surrey_EA

ReadingTim wrote: »

Clearly thought, it isn't - in fact it's so far off being "fairly priced", no-one's even bothered to look at it in person.

Look no further for your answer, here it is.

stripeyfox

Benmasonn wrote: »

Hi there, our house has been on the market for just over a week and we have had no viewings! We understand that this isn’t the best time to put our house on the market, however we have our eyes on a new build as we have a baby on the way and need a bigger house. We can’t reserve the new build until we have an offer on our house!

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area! My concern is that the estate agent isn’t letting me know of potential buyers.

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

There doesn't seem to me to be any logical reason why the estate agent wouldn't want to inform you about potential buyers?

Davesnave

Benmasonn wrote: »

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

You aren't very logical in your thinking.

The agent wants to sell your house in order to make a living, not because they like you or find your behaviour pleasing.

Mind you, they might like you more if you said to them in the New Year, "Look, no one's biting at the advertised price, let's reduce by a decent amount."

That's assuming things stay as they are till the end of January. As others have said, marketing now isn't the best of times.

AdrianC

^ Harsh, but fair.

For nobody to come and view, they don't like what they're seeing.
All they're seeing - so far - is the EA details and asking price.

So are the details selling it so short that it looks overpriced, or is it overpriced?

Cakeguts

Generally speaking if you don't get any viewings it is because the house is very overpriced. If the house was attractively priced people would view it even at this time of the year but they are not going to view a house that is so overpriced they can get a better one for much less somewhere else.



No viewing means very overpriced.


Viewings and no offers means a bit overpriced


Viewings and proceedable offers means that you have to got the price about right.




Some estate agents suggest prices that are very overpriced to get your business. Do your own research and work it out yourself. Remember that if you are selling an ex local authority house you cannot expect to get the same amount for it as a similar house that has never been an ex local authority house. Ex local authority houses have to be sold for a lot less that a similar non ex local authority house. Lots of people make this mistake. They spend a lot of money doing up an ex council house and then expect to get the same amount for it as they would if it hadn't been and ex council house. The housing market doesn't work like this. People generally only buy ex council houses if they can't afford a non ex council house.

Murphybear

Benmasonn wrote: »

Hi there, our house has been on the market for just over a week and we have had no viewings! We understand that this isn’t the best time to put our house on the market, however we have our eyes on a new build as we have a baby on the way and need a bigger house. We can’t reserve the new build until we have an offer on our house!

I was expecting a lot of viewings In The first week as the house is fairly priced considering the condition and other comparable properties in the area! My concern is that the estate agent isn’t letting me know of potential buyers.

Does anyone have any advice? I feel as though if I was to call the agents every day that would annoy them and therefore they may try even less to find a buyer!

Not sure why the Estate Agents would deliberately not try and find a buyer, that's how they make their money:T