There was a time when spring was the perfect season to put your property on the market. There were charmingly simple reasons for this. In May the trees are newly in leaf and everything seems fresh, the days are warmer and longer, and buyers often like to move in by the summer holidays or before the start of a new school year. Yes, spring has always been a perfect time to enter the property market.

Nowadays however, although the above still hold true, there are many additional and sometimes less charming reasons to trigger a sale and purchase. Whichever way you cut it we are surrounded by uncertainty, and the property market like any other market hates uncertainty.

The only thing we do know is what is happening today. So, if you are sitting on the fence waiting for a sign, let this be the sign. You might not have anywhere to move to yet and, yes, currently there are few properties for sale. But that is because everyone else is sitting on the same fence. However, it is incredible how things can open up once you have made the first move. One thing is certain though, nothing will ever open up unless you do make a move.

So, is spring 2022 an excellent time to sell? It is a brilliant time to sell. First, there are all the traditional reasons to sell at this time of year. But now we think this is probably the top of a bull market, and so do most other leading estate agents. Prices could fall back a little and there probably won’t be the buying frenzy we saw last year. There will be more property on the market with which to compete. If anything should get you off the fence it is when all the selling stars are aligned - and they are now.

Old charts printed Here be dragons in unexplored waters. In property if you want some certainty it is often better not to chase dragons.