The festive season is the quietest time for estate agents with many buyers and potential sellers concentrating on buying presents, arranging the food, family visits and general festive fun.

However, if your house is on the market, especially if it's only recently on the market, there are still buyers out there.  And better than that, the buyers that are looking now, are the serious buyers.  They are the people who really want to find the right house.  They can also be the buyers who want an offer made and accepted before Christmas - Christmas is often used as a deadline.

The buyers looking now are also the buyers who are thinking of putting their house on the market, so even if they ar...