One of the biggest 8-5f1b-ccd3-4921-a8295120c1d7″ class=”textannotation”>pan id=”urn:enhancement-90f0162c-a45a-62ef-0468-cbe792a12368″ class=”textannotation”>0-c6a7-07fc-92b8789a5774″ class=”textannotation”>questions that our home sellers ask is “how long will to sell my property” . The question has so many variables attached to it including location pricing and the state of the local housing market. However Home.co.uk have come to some hard facts based on its own data.
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However, 90 days is simply the median figure acrostannotation”>s both ovpan>=”textannotation”>erheating and cooler regional markets. Britain’s property market still remains bipolar, and this is especially true from the perspective of marketing times. Looking at the same metric across the regions shows a very diverse property market.
-style=”font-size: small;”>Doug Shephard, director at Home.co.uk, commented:
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<p class=”MsoNormal”>=”2″ data-mce-style=”font-size: small;” style=”font-size: small;”>At one extreme, Greater London indicates an ultra-low marketing time of 48 days, which is equivalent to the on-markn”>etan> rn:enhancement-b79837ae-cf5c-dd3e-4b46-00536533a128″ class=”textannotation”>an id=”urn:enhancement-eac89ac0-a571-2162-eed2-b28c10206266″ class=”textannotation”>a16f97b5″ class=”textannotation”>fcfc” class=”textannotation”>nt-6590596a-8377-bc27-6fbe-f49479a6dac2″ class=”textannotation”>ement-f1e10cc4-318f-b081-7c45-eacb95cdb128″ class=”textannotation”>4835684″ class=”textannotation”>t>ime observed in the previous boom. The South East is also a fast market showing boom-time length marketing times as supply slows to a mere trickle and properties get snapped up by eager buyers spurred on by the Help to Buy scheme.
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class=”MsoNormal”>By contrast, the North East and Wales show a typical on-market time of 167 and 166 day1c4″ class=”textannotation”>ac2e4eab8″ class=”textannotation”>s respectively. These and similar slocement-23433c01-1e63-3cc2-b9e7-1c77a589de3f” class=”textannotation”>ement-c3369dd2-3247-df40-08b3-3ef53436c1d7″ class=”textannotation”>w regional markets are burdened by a backlog of properties that have been on the market a long time, in many cases more than a year. Vendors there are simply waiting for the market to pick up, and yet the harsh economic conditions in the North, Wales and Scotland coupled with ample supply relative to demand are hindering recovery of these regional markets, despite the Help to Buy scheme and low interest rates.
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