How to find houses before they reach Rightmove
By the Match My Move team · Published
To hear about homes before they reach a major property portal, make your requirements available to estate agents before you find a listing. Match My Move lets you register your location, budget, bedrooms and preferences once. Agents can then contact you when the property details they enter match your search.
Why start with your requirements?
An agent needs to know what you are looking for to recognise whether a property could be suitable. A saved search brings your location, budget, bedrooms and specific requirements together, rather than relying on you to repeat them separately to every agent.
On Match My Move, the search is the starting point for matching. Keeping it aligned with your current plans helps agents understand what you want.
When can an agent contact you?
An agent can enter property details as soon as a seller calls for a valuation. If those details match your search, the agent can view your profile and contact you directly, often before the property goes online.
This is a way to be considered earlier in the agent's process. It does not guarantee that a particular property will be offered to you.
How can you keep your profile useful?
Complete your profile and keep your search requirements current. Buyer profiles are graded on activity and profile completeness, helping agents prioritise active buyers.
Choose whether estate agents can contact you and set your contact preferences. If your plans change, you can update or delete your information.
What does Match My Move do for buyers?
Match My Move connects registered buyers with estate agents through property matching. It gives agents a way to identify suitable searches before a public portal listing and gives buyers a way to make their requirements known.
Agents make direct contact with matching buyers. The platform's role is to make that connection; a saved search is not itself a property offer or a promise of contact.