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Expected UK house sale price?

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jandalsinsummer · 05/06/2025 15:43

Just that really is there a website where I can look up how much a house is expected to sell for?
Thanks

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XVGN · 05/06/2025 17:52

You can only get indications but they won't understand about any changes that have been made to the property that might affect the price.

I use a combination of houseprices.io (which takes the last sold price and increases it by RPI to show what it would be worth now if increased by inflation) and Zoopla and RM.

Check recent sold prices around the area and marketed prices for similar property on RM - especially those that have got SSTC - to see if the estimated values look appropriate.

I checked one property last sold in April 2021 for £442,500 and got back estimates of £508K, £561K and £505K. Zoopla was the outlier so I'd ignore it. If was marketing that property I'd start at £500K.

ComtesseDeSpair · 05/06/2025 18:09

The best indicator is what similar properties in your immediate area have sold for. Rightmove has a section dedicated to this.

Zoopla is pants because as previous poster said, it takes the last sold price and increases it by RPI to show what it would be worth now if increased by inflation. As a result, completely identical houses on my street have a range of £500K - £750K because there’s one very low and odd outlier (mine!) which was a ridiculous bargain bought mid proper first lockdown and in need of a full renovation. Zoopla doesn’t recognise those factors, just uses inflationary data which assumes it would still be worth much less than any house in the street.

jandalsinsummer · 06/06/2025 00:29

Thank you both very much it gives me something to work with. I used to be on top of this but realise now I’m very out of touch. I appreciate the replies

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Tupster · 06/06/2025 11:05

I've just moved and the Zoopla valuation is currently about 40k higher than the price I actually paid. My house was no way in a condition to be worth what Zoopla says, so it really is a useless tool. Sold prices and looking at the archived details to get an idea of the condition that goes with those sold prices will give you a much more realistic guide.

Crouton19 · 06/06/2025 11:10

Rightmove has a function where if you can find the previous sold price/listing it will tell you the approx value then you can add extensions, loft conversions etc. I think you have to create an account for that.

Doris86 · 06/06/2025 11:45

Most estate agents offer free valuations, so
just call one or two of them and get them to come out.

housethatbuiltme · 06/06/2025 13:09

Rightmove and Zoopla will give you a predicted value but honestly they are usually wildly off unless they have lots of recent applicable data as they are just making educated guesses based on past local info and cannot take into account condition or changes made.

Rightmove thinks the house we are buying is worth like £70k and Zoopla thinks its worth like £130k but we are paying £100k. It really struggled as the house hasn't sold for 30 years so is just trying to go off other sold prices in the area.

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