The following information will help you understand the bidding process. You must read all the information on adverts before you place a bid. This is because a refusal of any offer made to you could result in you losing your priority on the housing register.
A bid is your expression of interest in being considered for an advertised property.
We can only consider people for properties that they have told us they are interested in unless a direct offer is made, which is rare.
The bidding cycle opens at 12.01am on Friday morning and closes the next week at midnight on the Thursday.
NO. Many people think they will be prioritised first if they bid for a property early during the advert cycle. There is absolutely no advantage because your priority will remain the same. That said, your queue position may change if other applicants with higher priority place bids for the same property during the advert cycle.
We will not be able to consider you for any available properties.
- You can bid on our Housing Applications Portal for homes currently being advertised. If you have a smart phone, your web browser will automatically display in a view suitable for your device.
- Here is a guide to registering on our Housing Applications Portal if you haven’t already registered: Improving our digital housing services
There is a limit of three properties you can bid on per weekly cycle. However in new build developments where the property attributes are similar, they will be grouped as a single advert and your expression of interest will count as one bid.
This is when one advert is used to group multiple number of properties with same attributes i.e. floor level, bedroom size etc. If you bid for a grouped advert it will count as a single bid for all the properties in the group.
Yes. The multiple advert bid will give you the same queue position for all properties in that group.
There is no best time to bid. However as you place your bid, you will be given a queue position for that property which will change as more people bid during the cycle.
You should check your bid position before the cycle ends on the Thursday. You can also see your final queue position after the cycle has closed.
Yes, you can withdraw any or all of your bids, but only during the current cycle in which the property is advertised. You should only place bids for homes you are interested in and stand a better chance of being considered for based on your queue position(s).
You can do this on our website. You can see your bids for the current cycle with their current bid position as well as bids you have made in the past.
Only bid for homes that match the recommendations in your health priority award. If you do not, we might not be able to consider you for that property.
If your bid was successful you will receive an offer to view the property.