Can I join please?
Sold our place, v fortunately renting at a not ridiculous cost til we find somewhere.
I'm in Scotland, in an area that has had a huge amount of interest during and post lockdown. Houses are being sold the day they are listed. We're quick in to view but so far nothing has come up that suits (we've drawn our must have list down to 3 things)
Just spoke to an estate agent, February last year 130 properties listed during the month, we're halfway through this February and only 30 properties listed (most well out of budget!)
I'm trying not to get negative about it, we're in a much better position I know to others in terms of being able to rent cheaply before finding somewhere but my god it's tricky with so little on the market.
The two places we have viewed there were 2 cash buyers lined up ahead of us. Property is cheaper than rUK but has gone up enough that our regional salaries just can't match offers over people relocating from more expensive areas. I've nothing against people coming into the area but it's just made things a bit tougher. We need to stay in the area for family. We continually here anecdotally about 2nd home buyers and it just makes me feel that much shittier about the whole process.
Ah such is life. Hopefully something will come up but it's really good to have somewhere like here to type out how I'm feeling.
Hope everyone is finding/selling homes smoothly 