What off-market means
Off-market homes are part of the pre-market — the market that exists before a property is ever advertised.
open for offer is the pre-market: where homeowners find out what buyers would pay before deciding to sell.
Our estimate, England and Wales
About 2%
of homes are for sale at any one time.
An advert cannot be taken back
A traditional listing is public from its first day. You can cut the price. You can't un-list.
The asking price, which you can change
The advert, which stays on the record
What buyers would pay for yours
A market estimate is free and does not put your home on the market.
Testing the market shows your home to buyers on the pre-market for £9.99 a month. You decide whether to accept an offer.
Get my market estimateQuestions
- What does off-market mean?
- The home is bought or sold without an advert: not on a property website, not in an agent's window. Those homes are the pre-market.
- Why would a home be sold off-market?
- Usually privacy or timing. The owner wants to know what buyers would pay before deciding whether to sell at all.
- Can I find out what buyers would pay without advertising my home?
- Yes. A market estimate is free. Testing the market, which shows your home to buyers on the pre-market, costs £9.99 a month.