Open viewing over Christmas?

clarkej5

Hi all,

There was an open viewing at a property I’m interested in, between Christmas and New Years and unfortunately I couldn’t make it. It came on the market early December.

Does this strike anyone as odd? I thought houses generally only came to the market in spring and autumn?

TIA

Steer55

clarkej5 wrote: »

Hi all,

There was an open viewing at a property I’m interested in, between Christmas and New Years and unfortunately I couldn’t make it. It came on the market early December.

Does this strike anyone as odd? I thought houses generally only came to the market in spring and autumn?

TIA

No not odd at all. Properties go on daft all year round though traditionally spring and autumn are more common.. Actually some of best deals can be struck in dead of winter as not many new properties come on the market in December.

Michael D Not Higgins

Could be indicative of someone looking for a quick sale, or maybe it just suited them.

budhabob

Could be an indication of no estate agent being involved.

JimmyMW

Could be a valuing exercise where it suits the vendor to have a justifiably low valuation

clarkej5

Thanks for all your insights! I do think the house could be slightly undervalued in its asking price. The open viewing could stimulate a bidding war if there’s significant interest. Will be interesting, hoping to get a viewing soon.

Addle

There was an open viewing in my home town at the weekend.
Hoping to attract people home for Xmas.

the_syco

clarkej5 wrote: »

Thanks for all your insights! I do think the house could be slightly undervalued in its asking price.

Either they're looking for a price war, or there's something wrong with the property. Or both, but due to price war, someones heart becomes invested in the property, and buys it regardless.