NotReallyHappyHere

The market for decent 3-bed detached houses in the Bristol area closed down last winter - honestly it did. It had more dogs than Battersea Dogs Home. I don't need to complete this year, but I don't want to agree a sale on my house, and then find that there's nothing on the market that I want to buy, so I think timing may be critical for me.

Hello - I bought my current house early this year, after several very stressful months looking for decent £200K-£300K properties, which practically vanished from the market in my area (Bristol commuter belt) between November 2009 and May 2010. I'm not particularly happy in my new house for various reasons, but the experience has helped me to understand what I really want in a house. There are currently some houses on sale that *are* what I'm looking for, but they sell quickly. Is it too late for me to put my current house on the market and find a new house before all the good ones vanish from the market again this autumn? I'm not too worried about the overall direction of house prices. Please don't suggest sell-to-rent, I've done that a couple of times for short periods, but this time I want to do a conventional sell-and-buy-at-the-same-time house move. So, should I try to sell now, or wait until next spring?