The Police are looking for a motive

The housing market seems to have ground to a halt here in Chiswick during August, and it got my cousin and I thinking of the estate agent speak for such an event. There is in fact an estate agents calendar.

• January - market is slow sir, no money about after Christmas
• February - too cold, not many people looking
• March - a lot of people away what with Easter and the skiing season
• April - good time to put the house on the market, it should pick up with the weather
• May - not a good time to be buying, would have to move in August during the holidays
• June- a window of opportunity
• July - people saving for their holidays
• August - people on their holidays
• September - back from their holidays and start of a new school year, not a good time to look
• October - evenings getting darker so people less keen to view
• November - saving up for Christmas
• December - Christmas

They also have aspect speak,

• South facing garden, full sun
• West facing garden, nearly South facing , sun in the evening
• East facing garden, sun in the morning
• North facing garden, beautiful views

We have seen a few properties with a view to buy but I am reluctant to put a bid in until our place is under offer. The prices continue to amaze though. Emma,our youngest daughter, has just offered on a one bed flat on the Wirral for less than £70,000. A two bed in Chis is hard to find for five times that.

Anyway, we press on and hope for a change in fortune shortly.....at least the inflation rate reduction looks like it might delay a further interest rise for a while......lets just hope the financial markets don't go into meltdown on the back of the USA mortgage crisis.