Can you sell your home on Twitter?

You may be forgiven for thinking that snow would put a halt to all thoughts of property purchases… not so. I know this because I read it on Twitter (always one to keep up with the young and trendy!!)

“No one cancelling property viewings,” Ed Mead, of Douglas and Gordon, tweeted, “Good sign of commitment maybe”.

Although I am an incredibly busy person, (boss may actually read this) I have managed to follow a few Estate agents on the social networking site.

Jackson-Stops and staff have tweeted that they have been instructed on a site in Chelsea for a family home with swimming pool. Regular tweeter David Adams, of Chesterton Humberts, claims that 85 per cent of country-house sellers plan to move in order to reduce mortgage debt.

Embarrassingly in this modern digital age, I am just flirting with twitter; my interest was aroused recently, when it was mentioned to me by my very cool friend Anoushka, that she had actually bought a flat on this very site.

How I hear you ask …

She posted a tweet asking if there were any good investment properties in the Bristol/Bath areas. Home selling portal Rightmove tweeted back, and she subsequently bought an investment flat that was advertised on its website.

Sounds easy, is this a sign of things to come, I wonder?

Not so according to Ed Meads, “Twitter is a complete waste of time for anyone trying to sell anything. There are many agents out there trying to sell properties via tweets, which is a complete no-no and a turn off for any self respecting twitterer.” He goes on to state that one benefit is, it does give an agents snapshot of exactly where the market is in a specific location at any one time.

I wonder if you can sell your house via Face book, Friends reunited or even Bebo?