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open for offer lets you test the market before you list. Here we write about UK housing: the market data, and what it means if you own a home.
The Cotswolds, and where the same house costs less
What Cotswolds property costs in relative terms, and the region an hour or so north-east where our own records put the average 25%…
Gazumping, and what actually stops it
Gazumping is when a seller accepts a higher offer after already agreeing to sell to someone else. Why it is possible here, how oft…
How long it takes to sell a house
There is no reliable national figure, and the averages in circulation measure something narrower than they appear to. What actuall…
What off-market really means for your home
Off-market means a home nobody has advertised. Here is what that is, why most of the country is in it, and what it is worth to you…
The Notswolds costs a quarter less than the Cotswolds
The press has called Rutland and the country either side of it the Cotswolds without the price tag for two years. Nobody put a num…