Would you sell your home secret agent style? Going off-market was once the preserve of millionaires but now one in ten are doing it
Quoting James Greenwood and Emma Barkes of Stacks Property Finders
Agents have a nickname for such buyers — the Hot-To-Trots. James Greenwood of Stacks Property Search, a buying agency, says: ‘During the pandemic vendors were reluctant to conduct unnecessary viewings.
‘Off-market selling then became the norm.
‘Now, as demand has risen, vendors have found they are able to achieve well in excess of the asking price without having to go on the open market.’
His Stacks colleague, Emma Barkes, who works with buyers in the Cotswolds, has an example of just how frantic the normal market has become and why some sellers may prefer a more secretive approach.
She says: ‘A three-bedroom cottage with a small garden came onto the market earlier this year in Charlbury — a good small town near Chipping Norton with a train station — at £900,000. There were more than 70 viewings.’
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