My research has found the number of Warrington properties for sale started to decline last autumn (2020).
Nationally, the same story is being written as the average UK estate agency office now has around 16 properties on their books to buy, compared to 43 a couple of years ago.
So why is this an issue? Many Warrington homeowners are wanting to move home and are worried they will put their current home on the market, it sells quickly and then be unable to find another home to buy – thus they believe they will then be making themselves homeless.
The fact is that most Warrington home buyers need to sell before they can buy their next home, meaning they need to place their property on to the Warrington property market before they can buy their next home.
Yet because of the low supply of properties for sale and the current high demand, there is an imbalance in the Warrington property market. This means some Warrington house sellers are nervous to put a ‘for sale’ board outside their house.
So, let me look at the Warrington numbers in greater detail. According to the three main property portals (Rightmove, Zoopla and On-The-Market) …
When I break it down into bedroom numbers and type it gets even more interesting (note things like building plots and part commercial/part residential etc., won’t be in these numbers so the stats below won’t precisely match up to those above).
.. and when I looked at the type of properties ... it got even more interesting …
As you can see, there have been some interesting changes in the number of properties on the market in Warrington over the last few years, depending on the type and the number of bedrooms, yet all types of housing are down considerably.
The answer is quite simply ... NO!
Warrington properties are coming on to the market all the time, yet the buyers have got to be in the game, in it to win it so to speak. If you keep looking at properties, without even having your property on the market, let alone sold (subject to contract), then you will fall into a self-fulfilling prophecy of not being able to buy another home and will always be chasing your tail.
And it’s those magic words of “subject to contract” that are your get out of jail card.
The average time taken from agreeing a sale to it being legally binding (i.e. exchange of contracts) is about 19 weeks.
During those 19 weeks, you are ‘sold subject to contract, which means you have four or five months to find your new home and the likelihood of not finding your next forever home is very small.
And even if you can’t find anywhere, you will never be homeless as the sale is not legally binding until you exchange contracts, so you can withdraw from the sale up to that point, without penalty.
One final word of advice to all Warrington home movers.
Let me explain, in a study of various UK estate agents 84.8% of homebuyers were not on the estate agent's mailing list before they contacted the agent to view the home according to Denton House Research.
Yes, 6 out of 7 buyers (84.8%) waited until the property came on to the market on one of the portals (e.g. Rightmove, Zoopla or On The Market) before asking to view it. But would it surprise you that depending on the location and type, up to one in five houses don’t actually make it on to the portals for sale.
This means if the homebuyer hadn’t registered themselves on the agents mailing list, they would’ve missed out on their ‘forever home’, because they would not have known the property was for sale until it was too late.
Quite simply, if you are serious about moving home in Warrington, get yourself on the mailing lists of all the agents in Warrington.
The fact is that most Warrington home buyers need to sell before they can buy their next home, meaning they need to place their property on to the Warrington property market before they can buy their next home.
Yet because of the low supply of properties for sale and the current high demand, there is an imbalance in the Warrington property market. This means some Warrington house sellers are nervous to put a ‘for sale’ board outside their house.
So, let me look at the Warrington numbers in greater detail. According to the three main property portals (Rightmove, Zoopla and On-The-Market) …
In October 2019, there were 562 properties for sale in Warrington.
Today, there are only 178 properties for sale, a reduction of 68%.
When I break it down into bedroom numbers and type it gets even more interesting (note things like building plots and part commercial/part residential etc., won’t be in these numbers so the stats below won’t precisely match up to those above).
.. and when I looked at the type of properties ... it got even more interesting …
As you can see, there have been some interesting changes in the number of properties on the market in Warrington over the last few years, depending on the type and the number of bedrooms, yet all types of housing are down considerably.
So, if Warrington homeowners do sell, will they be made homeless
if they can’t find their next ‘forever home’?
Warrington properties are coming on to the market all the time, yet the buyers have got to be in the game, in it to win it so to speak. If you keep looking at properties, without even having your property on the market, let alone sold (subject to contract), then you will fall into a self-fulfilling prophecy of not being able to buy another home and will always be chasing your tail.
And it’s those magic words of “subject to contract” that are your get out of jail card.
The average time taken from agreeing a sale to it being legally binding (i.e. exchange of contracts) is about 19 weeks.
During those 19 weeks, you are ‘sold subject to contract, which means you have four or five months to find your new home and the likelihood of not finding your next forever home is very small.
And even if you can’t find anywhere, you will never be homeless as the sale is not legally binding until you exchange contracts, so you can withdraw from the sale up to that point, without penalty.
One final word of advice to all Warrington home movers.
Around 6 in 7 Warrington homebuyers could
have missed their ‘forever home’ in 2020/21.
Let me explain, in a study of various UK estate agents 84.8% of homebuyers were not on the estate agent's mailing list before they contacted the agent to view the home according to Denton House Research.
Yes, 6 out of 7 buyers (84.8%) waited until the property came on to the market on one of the portals (e.g. Rightmove, Zoopla or On The Market) before asking to view it. But would it surprise you that depending on the location and type, up to one in five houses don’t actually make it on to the portals for sale.
This means if the homebuyer hadn’t registered themselves on the agents mailing list, they would’ve missed out on their ‘forever home’, because they would not have known the property was for sale until it was too late.
Quite simply, if you are serious about moving home in Warrington, get yourself on the mailing lists of all the agents in Warrington.
Email me on manoj@hamletwarrington.co.uk or call on 01925 235 338 – we are based on the Warrington Business Park, Long Lane, WA2 8TX. There is plenty of free parking and the kettle is always on.
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