Sir, – As I scout the property market for a house to buy (a two-bedroomed dwelling within 100km of Dublin), I frequently encounter the phenomenon of the house that is advertised for sale, but which is not actually for sale, whether due to being “under offer”, “sale agreed” or the vendor refusing to allow a viewing, but which is still visible on property websites.
Given that just about every other e-commerce website can drop from their offerings those unique goods that have been sold, what exactly is the difficulty for estate agents in automatically including metadata, updated on a daily basis, indicating the real availability of property for sale? – Yours, etc,
EWAN DUFFY,
Woodview,
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Castletown,
Celbridge, Co Kildare.