user not found Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Anyone with a saved search on Rightmove notice how quiet it's gone this week? EAs too busy closing deals to list new properties? They're not being turned into rentals because my rental search is zero hits too. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impatiently Waiting Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Plenty on here where I’m searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomfordDon Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 13 minutes ago, Sausage said: Anyone with a saved search on Rightmove notice how quiet it's gone this week? EAs too busy closing deals to list new properties? They're not being turned into rentals because my rental search is zero hits too. Very strange. What postcode are you looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user not found Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, RomfordDon said: What postcode are you looking at? Coastal west Sussex (BN) Edited August 18, 2020 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammersmith Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 I did notice this too. My daily digest email from RM covers a vast drawn search area of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and a bit of Yorkshire. It has got noticeably quieter and those houses that are listing seem to be exclusively old-new builds these days. More annoyingly one of the houses that i did view and got the impression from owner and EA that there wasn't a great deal of interest is now SSTC a week after I saw it. Maybe this faux-boom has a little more life left in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RentingForever Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 33 minutes ago, Sausage said: Coastal west Sussex (BN) Ah, exactly my search area too (Chi harbour up to Emsworth?). Absolutely zilch on lettings, which is very odd. A smattering of for sales. Compared to my current location (Isle of Wight) where it feels like every other house on my street has gone on the market this month and achieved SSTC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user not found Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 minute ago, RentingForever said: Ah, exactly my search area too (Chi harbour up to Emsworth?). Absolutely zilch on lettings, which is very odd. A smattering of for sales. Compared to my current location (Isle of Wight) where it feels like every other house on my street has gone on the market this month and achieved SSTC. I'm the opposite end of west Sussex... At least we're not outbidding each other! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mancunian284 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Could just be the August lull. Everyone is away on a staycation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump Invective Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 25 minutes ago, Mancunian284 said: Could just be the August lull. Everyone is away on a staycation. Some rightmost guy was suggesting that the reason for the activity and boom was because more people were about this year in June July. August people have got it together to staycate as you say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkD Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Loads in our area, still coming fast and furious. Cast my eye over 3 last Thursday, all now sold. It's like a frenzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qejunkie Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 minute ago, MarkD said: Loads in our area, still coming fast and furious. Cast my eye over 3 last Thursday, all now sold. It's like a frenzy. Where? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainb Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Sw london anything under 500k even flats are moving fast. 700k houses are also moving.. Above that level just seem to sit there. Although to be fair if you are spending that cash you wouldn't rush. World hasn't gone totally insane. 800k plus boxes in battersea still available.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurlerontheditch Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 1 minute ago, captainb said: Sw london anything under 500k even flats are moving fast. 700k houses are also moving.. Above that level just seem to sit there. Although to be fair if you are spending that cash you wouldn't rush. World hasn't gone totally insane. 800k plus boxes in battersea still available.. a semi d on my daily walk has sold. looks like probate. needs a lot of work . asking price was 1.3m. sale agreed in 3 weeks from board going up SW London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former postman Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Plenty of properties trickling on in my target area in Bexley, South East London. Asking prices slowly ticking down in 10-20k lumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkD Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 11 hours ago, qejunkie said: Where? South West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qejunkie Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 12 hours ago, qejunkie said: Where? Yep makes sense. Far away from London the boom is real. In inner london the bottom has fallen out. Home counties are wobbling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkD Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 13 hours ago, qejunkie said: Where? Just spoke to a work colleague, he had his house up for sale before lockdown, during and toward the end of lockdown the agent was pleading with him to get it sold. The agent was saying there's going to be a crash, get it sold. He's now taken it off the market and the agent is pleading with him to get it back as he has buyers cued up! Crazy times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromage Frais Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, sammersmith said: I did notice this too. My daily digest email from RM covers a vast drawn search area of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and a bit of Yorkshire. It has got noticeably quieter and those houses that are listing seem to be exclusively old-new builds these days. More annoyingly one of the houses that i did view and got the impression from owner and EA that there wasn't a great deal of interest is now SSTC a week after I saw it. Maybe this faux-boom has a little more life left in it. This...a lot of ssts will need to see if completed to judge if new highs. But a lot of dregs sstc. There are still a good number of properties so overpriced that they are in danger of missing this boomlet. How mad they must be worth 400 after Rishi ramping getting 450/475 atm .... nah I want 525 Edited August 19, 2020 by Fromage Frais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 18 hours ago, Sausage said: Coastal west Sussex (BN) I noticed huge increase in listings in places like Lewes - which is usually very short of new listings - perhaps 5 to 6 times the pre-COVID levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebull Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 6 hours ago, gruffydd said: I noticed huge increase in listings in places like Lewes - which is usually very short of new listings - perhaps 5 to 6 times the pre-COVID levels. tiny 2bed 2up2down with front door on public street-pavement, no front garden and straight into living room which also contains the stairs, no hall - all that for ... 645k ??? up from 150k in 2001. Not even seaside. Just why? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80473531.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 50 minutes ago, ebull said: tiny 2bed 2up2down with front door on public street-pavement, no front garden and straight into living room which also contains the stairs, no hall - all that for ... 645k ??? up from 150k in 2001. Not even seaside. Just why? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80473531.html good question - very low crime perhaps - it feels safe and away from things. and virtually impossible to get in Lewes until a couple of weeks ago - now looks like lots trying to get out for the first time in many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion of VIs Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 On 18/08/2020 at 20:13, Trump Invective said: Some rightmost guy was suggesting that the reason for the activity and boom was because more people were about this year in June July. August people have got it together to staycate as you say Makes sense, a house hunt instead of a holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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