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May 2020

Last Updated: 23/05/2020

District estate agent reports a surge in home-buyer interest

by Tim Flanagan

| 23 May, 2020

Dacre, Son & Hartley, which has offices across the Harrogate district, reports a surge in online traffic and enquiries from people looking for a new home

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Dacre, Son & Hartley, which has offices across the Harrogate district, has reported a surge in online traffic and enquiries as interest among people looking for a new home or to sell their property, has returned to pre-coronavirus levels.

Yorkshire's largest independent estate agent, had agreed its first sale since lockdown by 9.15am on Wednesday 13th May, the same day that the government announced that travel restrictions were being relaxed and estate agents, surveyors and valuers in England could resume their work and both buyers and renters could start making their moves.

In the six weeks preceding the lifting of the lockdown on the sector, 47,000 people visited the firm's website and Patrick McCutcheon, head of residential at Dacre, Son & Hartley, said:

"We have plenty of evidence of good levels of demand and over the last few weeks, we have had lots of calls from buyers wanting to arrange viewings and potential sellers requiring sales and marketing advice."

He added:

"In terms of market conditions, unlike the last market jolt in 2007/08, funding remains readily available and that can only help the liquidity of the marketplace, which in turn will support buyer confidence."