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Is winter a bad time to sell your home?

Winter usually spells a slow time for the property market, with many buyers holding off until the spring.

This year has been sluggish throughout, so should we expect even lower activity in December, January and February – or could we start to see a shift in the market?

Here, Which? analyzes what’s happening in the UK property scene, and whether or not the winter is a shrewd time to sell and buy.

How does the housing market perform in the winter?

The graph shows how winter transactions (December, January and February) have shaped up against the other seasons in the previous two years.

As the graph demonstrates, sales numbers are lower in the winter – and this trend is expected to continue this year.

It can therefore be more challenging to sell your property in the colder months. But that’s not to say sellers should be entirely put off.

Find out more: is spring is the best time to buy a house?

The pros and cons of selling in

Artist David Bromley selling gaol-turned-art museum with multimillion dollar collection

Some real estate is just bricks and mortar, but once in a while a listing comes along that’s more than a simple property, but also the sum of its parts.

That’s the case for renowned artists and creative directors David Bromley and his wife Yuge who’ve decided to not only part with their utterly unique gaol-turned-art museum in Victoria’s Castlemaine, but also its entire contents – if the buyer fits, that is .

“It took us five years to get it to the stage where we felt when the doors were open it would really astonish people. There are options in the purchase of the property that if someone wants part or all of it we’ll negotiate. We’re open and we’re going into this prepared for any scenario. Having said that, in our eyes it’s actually one gigantic installation, a curated piece,” he told realcommercial.com.au.

Artists David and Yuge Bromley are selling their gaol-turned-art museum, giving buyers the option to purchase the entire collection too. Picture: realcommercial.com.au

Monika Tu of Black Diamondz Property and Kim McQueen McQueen Real Estate Daylesford are marketing the rare site and collecting for $10 million.

The Bromleys bought the Old Castlemaine Gaol in 2018 for