THE outlook for the property market is growing patchier by the day, as Paula Hawkins reports on page 4. So this is no time to be paying too much for your next home. Thankfully, one website can help you to find properties that have had their prices slashed. www.propertysnake.co.uk “crawls” other websites to track falls in asking prices. Updated daily, there are at present more than 86,000 properties with reductions of up to 37.5 per cent. Happy hunting.

Launched in March this year, www.properazzi.comis already making big waves in the overseas property search market. Europe’s largest property portal can search for properties to buy and rent in nearly all European languages and currencies. There are over 2.2 million property listings in 45 European countries, and Properazzihas just added Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia to its search.

www.quintessentiallyestates.com is for househunters who want the best. Part of the global private members’ club and concierge service, the site has top-notch property listings from around the world – from a $10 million island in Brazil to a €22 million des res in the French West Indies. There is also a bespoke property finding service: you pay £500, redeemable against the final purchase price, and 1.5 per cent commission. Househunters also get a trial club membership of Quintessentially for three months.

If you are selling your home, but you don’t feel your agent is pulling his weight, why not advertise your home free on Times Online? Click here to place your free advert for 28 days.

lucia.adams@timesonline.co.uk

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