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Gazumping Returns to West Wales and it is Bad News for Buyers

October 12, 2020 by Carol Peett

Gazumping has returned to West Wales

The word gazumping is sweet music to some people selling their homes but a nightmare for buyers.  It has been many years since this word made the headlines and, after an age, it has made its welcome or unwelcome return, depending on which side of the fence you are sitting on.

Since the lifting of the extended lockdown , the West Wales property market has been on fire.  This is no doubt due to the wide-open spaces it offers along with the easy access to major urban areas in England. Carol Peett, Managing Director of West Wales Property Finders http://www.westwalespropertyfinders.co.uk has seen property transactions in Pembrokeshire increase by 74% when compared to the previous year, making it the busiest period she has seen in sixteen years.

She is not alone in seeing a huge spike in demand for property.  Savills reported that property sales in Ceredigion were also up by a whopping 181%.  Not only are the properties selling like hotcakes, agents are also seeing transactions above asking prices and the unwelcome return of gazumping.

Carol said: “We were gazumped on two properties for our clients last week.  The offer we had accepted on the first property was already £30,000 above the asking price before being gazumped and the second was £12,500 over the asking price.  Both were cash purchases, and this was despite having submitted proof of funds, ID and having instructed solicitors prior to the offer being submitted so they couldn’t have found better or more prepared purchasers.  We have heard from one local estate agent of a fairly modest property selling for £70,000 over asking price”.

 “When the market first re-opened, we envisaged this buying frenzy only lasting a month or so and subsiding to more normal levels once the pent up demand, built up over lockdown, was satisfied.  However, there is no sign of it slowing down at the moment with both residential properties and second homes flying off the shelves.  Even more modest new builds, traditionally slower to sell, are being snapped up by local buyers”.

 “It’s not only gazumping that is worrying residents in West Wales.  Local residents are concerned about the influx of people moving to the area from towns and cities, which has started to push up prices for local people”.

 “One specific area to see a spike in demand are smallholdings which make complete sense given homebuyers’ craving for more space”.

 The return of gazumping is disrupting chains in some cases, and costing buyers money on wasted surveys, solicitor’s charges, etc.  Carol believes a more equitable system needs to be introduced to make the acceptance of offers binding on sellers and an improved conveyancing system which ensures transactions are completed in a timely manner.

She also believes that estate agents should only put forward offers from whom they have already received proof of funds, money laundering compliance and solicitor’s details.

https://www.luxuriousmagazine.com/gazumping-returns-to-west-wales/ – 5th October 2020

If you are looking for a property in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire or Ceredigion, give West Wales Property Finders a call on 01834 862816.  We can find your perfect property for you whilst saving you time, stress and in normal circumstances money too!

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