Everyone should read this:
http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/ind...=69040&st=0Property-bee is actually very easy - I was put off installing it as like many, I thought you would have to look at every single property - but that is not the case. Having seen the feedback from other users I'm going to install it so I can track prices - the following quotes are from the above thread (22/02/08) which give some useful tips.....
QUOTE (Fudge @ Feb 22 2008, 10:29 AM)
Do I have to click on each house or is searching through the properties enough?
QUOTE (Sir Talbot Avenger @ Feb 22 2008, 10:40 AM)
Searching through is enough. As someone suggested to me, do a wide search, then click through each page of results. That's it!
QUOTE (OnlyMe @ Feb 22 2008, 10:46 AM)
You just run your search and click through the listings pages 10 at a time and the changes pop up in place against each property. Still might be quite a few clicks for some areas/searches.
QUOTE (ollie plimsolls @ Feb 22 2008, 11:02 AM)
I agree PropertyBee is a superb local tool and should be pinned for all the members who haven't heard about it yet.
Here's a little tip I found to save having to trawl through all the pages to find updates.
1. Register with Rightmove.
2. Start a search and you will get an option to get an email alert for the search (I chose to receive the alert every 24 hours as this works best)
3. When you receive the email it will show a list of all the newly listed properties in your search area, but at the end of the list it will say you have "xx or more matching properties were found" and there is a link to click to "View all property new in last 24 hours" click this link.
4. This takes you to the Rightmove page which shows all the newly listed houses, but also shows any house which have had any changes (price, or from sstc to available) This is where PropertyBee comes in as it shows what the changes are.
5. If you look at the "Refine your criteria" options down the right hand side of the page and check the "Include Sold STC... properties" it will also show any property which has gone under offer but I'm not getting many of these at the moment.
6. Also when you look at the link in the address bar it displays as "http://www.rightmove.co.uk/emailupdatesearch/[your email search number]/1" the 1 at the end is the number of days searched and if you change this you can check back as far as you need, I have gone back to 23 Jan which is when I installed PropertyBee.
I hope this is clear enough for people to understand, it's very simple when you done it once. This has shown me a huge amount of reductions across the whole price range in my area and also lots of properties changing from under offer to available.
This is great news.
