What Is The Boxing Day Bounce

What Is The Boxing Day Bounce

 

In this two-minute read, we unwrap the staggering statistics and reasons which make Boxing Day more than just a time for food, family and friends.

 

Picture the scene -It’s the afternoon after the night before. It’s Boxing Day.

The presents are all open, the wrapping all recycled, visitors entertained and time for a bit of festive telly. Or is it ?

 

December 26 is traditionally a time when people relax and breathe a little easier knowing that the stress of Christmas Day ( especially for the cooks ) has passed.

 

And while people would often use the day off as chance to lounge around watching Only Fools and Horses or the original Wizard of Oz for the 48th time, the digital age sees us doing different things.

 

A lot of people will be sitting on their sofas, spending their downtime searching for things on their smartphones and tablets.

 

According to statistics from Rightmove, more than 25,147,701 pages featuring homes were visited on their site during last year’s Boxing Day.

 

That’s a staggering amount with high visitor numbers being reported by all the property portals, making it the busiest day of the year for people looking for new places to call home.

 

But what causes the Big Boxing Day Bounce of visitors onto these sites ?

 

Well, the festive period gives us time to reflect on matters that we don’t have time for during the hurly burly of the rest of the year

 

Such as:

Our home is too small to entertain visitors comfortably.

 

Or too big as the kids have flown the nest and the available space seems wasted.

 

Or that they're too far away from loved ones (or too close in some cases).

 

These thoughts and emotions drive the Big Boxing Day Bounce, and that’s why putting your property on the market before the Christmas break is a very smart move for some sellers

 

If you want to know more about achieving the best possible price and a timely sale before, during or immediately after the Festive Holidays please contact us to book a personal valuation review

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