A renewed confidence in the UK Housing Market?

Private property sales website Buyitprivately.com has today revealed a massive increase in the number of buyers looking for properties.

In the first three weeks of January, the site experienced four times the number of enquiries received for the same period in the previous year. And the number of properties for sale added to the site doubled for the same period.

Clive France, director of Buyitprivately.com, said “We assumed things would quieten down in January, but it would seem there is a renewed confidence in the housing market. Certainly there seems to be a lot more buyers out there, enquiring about properties.

“At first we thought the increase may be customers putting their new year resolutions into practice, but the level of enquiries, and the number of properties added has remained consistent. This has been a very encouraging start to the year.

Homeowners are also wising up to the fact that you don’t need to be an expert to sell your property and most people find it easier and quicker dealing with the buyer themselves.

“The speed at which people can sell their properties is increasing as buyers and sellers become more acquainted with the internet as a global market place.”

Buyitprivately.com is the fastest growing private property sales website in the UK. Home-owners can register their property for sale for as little as £29. If you want national exposure you can purchase a portal pack for £89, which will include placement of your property on hundreds of other property websites.

Notes to editors:

Buyitprivately.com was developed and launched in 2003

# Registering with buyitprivately.com costs a flat fee of £29.00, with no commission to pay.

# The average property price advertised on buyitprivately.com is £265,184 compared with the national average of £184,924.

# As many as 1 in 10 properties are now being sold privately

# You can sell privately as well as through an estate agent.