house viewings

Nightime viewings

The property market doesn't clock off at 6pm – up to 32% of leads generated out of hours

Up to 32% of leads generated through ValPal Pro are being created outside traditional estate agency opening hours, new data from The ValPal Network shows.

The figures underline how homeowner activity increasingly extends beyond the working day, with prospective sellers continuing to engage online during evenings and weekends when agency teams may be unavailable to respond immediately...

House viewings

The busiest hour in the British housing market is Saturday at 11:00am

There is one hour in the week when Britain mainly looks round houses, and anyone who has tried to book a viewing already knows which one it is: Saturday at 11:00am.

Almost 250,000 viewings started in that single slot last year, according to new figures from Alto , the CRM provider behind roughly a third of UK estate agency.

That is 4.60% of an entire week's viewings, crammed...

Estate agent house buying viewing

Majority of homebuyers taking just two viewings and 30 minutes to find their perfect property

Research by next-generation guided virtual property viewings platform, U-See Homes , has revealed how homebuyers are snapping up properties within just two viewings, spending just 30 minutes to an hour before deciding to commit to a purchase.

The survey commissioned by U-See Homes analysed UK homebuyers to have purchased a property within the last six months and found that 39% of...

It can be costly if you miss important things during a house viewing

How poor property checks could cost you up to £5K to rectify

New research by compare the market .com reveals the important things that buyers are most likely to miss during a house viewing, and the average cost of putting them right.

Having analysed the results, compare the market .com can reveal that 77% of Brits have spotted a fault with their home after moving in. The most common things homeowners miss and only notice after their purchase...