Wakefield property sales are on the rise with renewed confidence at the start of 2024

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Partner Claire Kendall, whose family has been selling houses in the Wakefield area for over 55 years, said: “We have never made so many appointments for people looking at mortgages as we have in the last three weeks.”

She added: “People have been waiting to put their homes on the market and we have started to see an influx of properties coming to market, with renewed confidence fuelled by mortgage rate predictions.”

Those predictions are giving parents more of an incentive to downsize from larger homes to help their children get on the first rung of the property ladder.

Buy-to-let market rates are also reviving, with some deals offering as low as 4% and a need derived by a shortage of available properties for tenants to choose from.

Claire, who runs Richard Kendall Estate Agent with her fellow partner and brother Simon, explains: “There is quite positive news out there and we have come into a busier marketplace in January. Buyers are serious but also vendors are also being realistic with their house prices. There is a lot of confidence, with people accepting less for their properties in order to move on with their plans.”

Agreed sales up by up to 147% and 23% rise in viewings

By the end of their financial year Q1 in December, Richard Kendall Estate Agent had sold 20% more properties gross, and 25% more NET than the same period in the previous year. Ossett branch agreed sales were up by a staggering 147% NET.

There is also a huge rise in activity on viewings which are up by 23% on this time last year, which will no doubt be converted into offer and inevitably sales for their clients. This again displays the growing confidence in the Wakefield residential market.

The combined local property knowledge at family-run Richard Kendall Estate Agent is shared with their clients across Wakefield, Normanton, Pontefract, Castleford, Horbury and Ossett. With branches scattered across these areas, makes them easily accessible to tap into their expertise.

The independent firm, which was founded by their father Richard, offers a full range of services from trusted valuations and professional mortgage advice, from SMH Finance LLP, to conveyancing, sales and rentals to help your move run smoothly.

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Great service, fast and very efficient. Thank you for all your time and effort to make this run as smooth as it could. A lot of thanks to Leah who was fantastic! Emma 24/10/2024

We recently bought and sold using Kendall's Estate agents during the period we had numerous experiences with other estate agents. Kendalls were by far the most professional. From first point of call to the Final day. We were looked after mainly by Lucy who was absolutely brilliant going above and beyond to keep us updated when Solicitors were uncommunicative. She rescued and chased answers to important questions but also addressed issues with common sense. Trish and the rest of the Kendall team always were on the ball and conveyed messages accurately and quickly. You will find communication is key to make House buying and selling being as less stressful as possible. Thank you Lucy I hope Kendall's appreciate how valuable an asset Your are to them . So 10/10 for Kendall's if you want to sell your house go to Kendall's easily the Wakefield areas best estate agent. Thanks haydn/ ceri Haydn 24/10/2024

Karen Marijewko the lady who dealt with the sale of the property conducted the process with professionalism. I was kept well informed throughout the process. I received regular updates and all was handled with efficiency. Lynne 24/10/2024

We recently used Richard Kendall’s Hallmark service to sell my dad’s property and cannot fault the efficient and friendly service from Elizabeth and Joanne. They kept in regular touch updating us with progress from buyer and solicitors, and dealt with all questions and queries promptly. A great service all round and highly recommended. Caroline 24/10/2024

My Contact was Mandy at the Ossett branch. If it wasn't for her the sale would not have happened Above and beyond Jonathan 24/10/2024

Would just like to say a massive thankyou to Richard Kendall especially to Sarah Whalley on helping us purchase our first and forever home as first time buyers the process seemed very daunting but Sarah made it a very easy experience and helped us every step of the way with any questions or queries we had and kept us up to date with weekly reports. Buying through Richard Kendall was very good and they have very high standards in keeping their clients up to date and happy with everything that is happening from start to finish Thankyou again Ryan 24/10/2024

Excellent service to Donna, and staff, pushed the sale thro, kept in contact all the time. With the solicitor, well recommend, would go with them again. Excellent Colleen 24/10/2024

Excellent and professional service from Alison who regularly kept us updated. Would highly recommend Richard Kendall Estate Agent. Jill 24/10/2024

Excellent service throughout the whole process, the house sale wasn't straight forward either, special thanks to Amanda Holt, she worked tirelessly to make sure everything ran as smoothly as possible. Laura 24/10/2024

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