To feel bloody miserable that my house probably won’t sell?

my bank will give me one on demand via their mortgage portal. There is always a valuation there but I can request a specific update whenever I want.

I feel for you. Selling a house is very stressful, doubly so if you are doing it alone. Your house will sell. My house took a month before I got an offer. A month from listing to offer was quite quick in the area that I lived. (I had about 20 viewings and I just felt nobody wanted it). Hang in there. This time next year you will be in your new home. Good luck OP.

Or, rather, fortunately it’s not how it works. Otherwise the first time buyers would be essentially covering the stamp duty and legal fees for everyone above them in the chain!

It's not a great start if you haven't had a single enquiry. The first two weeks of marketing are the time when you get a flurry of enquiries if the property is priced correctly.
Why are you marketing the house for more than you bought it for in 2022 when that was the peak of the market in most areas and prices have generally fallen since then? Estate agents are tending to over value a lot in the last couple of years to get business. Sadly, the market doesn't pay more than a house is worth because you don't want to make a loss.
If I were you, and assuming you really want or need to see, I would take it off for now and re-market around February when more people are starting to look again. I think you will probably need to market at slightly lower price to get some initial interest.

You're so right. Nobody is looking to move now.

Hang in there. We viewed our current house on Christmas Eve years ago and moved in at the end of February despite issues with our buyer. It can happen!

There's legal fees
Plus estate agent fees
Plus stamp duty fees
So not pretty

Yeah that agent is talking BS. More likely he or she has targets of a certain number of houses per month to be listed.

I saw a video on this from an estate agent locally backed up with data. He was saying that January is when Rightmove see’s the peak traffic. The whole December thing is a bit of a myth (apparently).

I always keep my eye on the market in case something nice comes up, but I couldn’t think of anything worse than house viewing in December. I probably wouldn’t bother even if I loved a place, I’d just wait until NY.
I’d take it down and relist in January.

What’s meant to be will work out in the end, trust the process.

And that is not yet so stop panicking and adjust expectations accordingly

We sold my Mum’s in December last year and I sold one a few years ago in Dec.
You only need one good buyer who needs to buy, we got two offers on Mum’s

Why did you buy the house in the first place if its not where you want to be? sounds like you've never really liked it there. Buying a house and moving is a huge and costly thing to do so it's best to make sure its a house and place you really want to be. very few house sell within just 9 days so please don't stress. I'd relax and focus on making the most of enjoying your last Christmas there with your dc and I'm sure your next Christmas will be spent in a new home.

If the plan is for people to look at Rightmove over the Christmas holidays then have a little patience. The holidays start in 2+ weeks. They probably won't start browsing until the 27th. No one will be looking at Rightmove now, everyone is in the middle of work parties/nativities/shopping/carols/non-uniform days/family gatherings etc.

Most houses take a few months to sell. Our neighbours has been advertised since may/june. The sold sign went up yesterday, so think you’re being a bit panicky.
One in our village was for sale for over two years! Eventually the market caught up with what they wanted for it…reducing the price is the only way to encourage a quick sale, but you're not there yet after a week!

I think 2022 was a high in the market wasn't it? When I bought over the summer prices had all dropped since 2022

I’d try after NY. Are people actively house hunting just before Christmas?

I was desperate to sell my house after the first lockdown and it didn't sell for 4 months until the August. That was only because I reduced it to less than I bought. This was before prices went mad.

But I do think December isn't a great time to sell as people are preoccupied with Christmas. Keep trying in the new year.

So you know a wealthy couple who lost money on every property transaction and the inference is that they had houses they loved in places they loved so what the heck? Can you see how silly this sentence looks? It's like Mrs Merton asking Debbie McGee what she saw in the millionaire Paul Daniels.

Being wealthy gives you choice and freedom. Someone wealthy couldn't care less if they lost a bit of money on a move as long as they got their choice of where/when/what to buy. That's a bit of a luxury, especially in an uncertain housing market. As is needing a sale so you can "start your next chapter". You don't know OP's financial situation. You don't know what circumstances OP is governed by. It's nothing to do with mindset for most people as most people don't have the luxury of wealth to give them more choice about how to proceed.

You really can't sell anything until February. At the earliest, spring is far better I've bought and sold loads of times just don't do it. Your house will be on the market for months and people will notice it hasn't sold and automatically won't want to buy it. Nobody wants a home that's been on the market a long time.
It's a complete waste of time putting it on now.

And with renovations!

5 years ago was pre Covid and pre brexit. A very different landscape.

We made 40k on our house in 3 years, 5 years ago, did nothing but redecorate and re-carpet and put wooden floors down (didn't even put the skirting boards back on), we sold because we were getting divorced not because the house or area was dodgy.

I miss that house and area so much.

Never judge why a house is on the market after a couple of years, you don't know the sellers or what they're going through. We specifically told our estate agent not to mention our divorce to potential buyers to stop the cheeky offers. It was also breaking my heart to move and I didn't need people using my misery to their advantage.

Hi OP,

So we are looking to put our house on the market.

I had 3 estate agents round a couple of weeks ago and they all said not to put it on the market just yet. They said its really quiet - so it will just sit there, and then potentially it will look like there is something wrong with it when it doesn't go under offer quickly.
So we have spent the last couple of weeks doing it up - painting and clearing etc.
We have the estate agent coming round tomorrow to make the photos - and then we'll "go live" just before Xmas .. so its there for everyone sitting around browsing Right move over the holidays (as said by other posters - apparently Boxing Day is the busiest day of the year on Rightmove)

We are similar to you - we will be putting ours on at £560 initially. (Would like a minimum of £550k so that gives some wiggle room)

So don't panic yet - like you, I'm hoping lots of people in January will want to try and buy before stamp duty goes up in April

Looking at rightmove and making an offer are two different things though.

Look at best time of year and worst to sell, March is best, you want to list in Feb, you'll do much better.