Why is my home's sold price public, but that of celebs isn't?

AdrianC

Should I know who "John Bishop" is? Should I care?

Tom99

AdrianC wrote: »

Should I know who "John Bishop" is? Should I care?

I thought he was a bottled beer.

Gwendo40

Ironic the way he talked about potentially ''losing everything he's worked for''... at the prices quoted I suspect his house has been earning more than he has in that time period.

Davesnave

Tom99 wrote: »

I thought he was a bottled beer.

No, that's just made from his finger. The rest of him is recycled.

Davesnave

Surely there are many things that don't apply to these so-called celebs.

If they need a knee operation, for example, they just book in and get one in a week at a private clinic. Mr or Ms Poorperson joins the queue and waits till someone deems their difficulty in walking severe enough. That could be a year or more.

Compared with other privileges of wealth, being able to hide a house price, if it can be done, is a pretty small one. And, like most things, if the media can't find out, they'll just guess.

quantumlobster

AdrianC wrote: »

Should I know who "John Bishop" is? Should I care?

Is your Google broken?

Here, borrow mine:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=john+bishop

buglawton

I suspect that many celebs houses are in any case owned by a holding company. Sometimes it's possible for a house to in effect change hands without a transaction appearing as the same company still owns it. All to do with tax shenanigans.

AdrianC

quantumlobster wrote: »

Is your Google broken?

Here, borrow mine:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=john+bishop

Lovely, an' all... but that didn't answer my questions.

I didn't ask who he was. I asked if I should know who he is, and if I should care.

The answer to both of those appears to be no, so I'm happy to remain unaware as to his undoubtedly C-list status and "achievements".

Norman_Castle

Supersonos wrote: »

Everyone else's house - yours, mine, my Mum's etc., is there online for everyone to see. So why not Bishop's and the various other celebs I've tried to look-up in the past?

As such, there is no "Zoopla estimated value" as there is for everyone else's house. Can you pay to have that sort of info witheld from the land registry?

Do Zoopla get their prices from estate agents? Its possible part of the agreement to buy and sell included keeping the price private, possibly because some people seem strangely fascinated with what celebrities own.

davidmcn

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Do Zoopla get their prices from estate agents? Its possible part of the agreement to buy and sell included keeping the price private, possibly because some people seem strangely fascinated with what celebrities own.

No, their data of actual sale prices is the stuff freely churned out by the registers - same as published by Rightmove and everyone else. See above for comments on why it doesn't feature every property.