When you are looking to purchase a property it can be a really good idea to look at the selling price of similar properties in the same area. These can then be used as a reference in deciding what offer to make the vendor.
In the old days this used to be a mixture of guesswork and looking at the estate agents' ads in your local paper. Nowadays things are much easier because you can find out the prices that property in your street has sold for by using the internet.
Records are currently available for sales during the past five or six years, so you can use this information to your advantage and ensure you're not paying over the odds for the property you are interested in.
Property Sales prices can be found on the following websites:
