This year, though, Larkfleet is picking up the Black Friday theme and giving discounts of up to £20,000 on selected homes if you reserve before 30 November and then complete the purchase before the end of the year.
From Ivybridge in Devon to Collingham in Nottinghamshire, there are some great deals on offer.
- £5,000 off selected two and three-bedroom homes
- £10,000 off selected four-bedroom homes
- £20,000 off selected five-bedroom homes
- £15,000 off selected bungalows
So, a two-bedroom Holland style bungalow at The Croft in Baston which was £260,995 now costs just £245,995 until the end of the month and the detached five-bedroom Musselburgh house at Collingham Brook which was £344,995 is now available at the Black Friday price of £324,995.
All the details, including a full list of the homes covered by the Black Friday deal, are here.
But just what is Black Friday anyway?
It started in the USA and has now spread across the world. It is the Friday after the US Thanksgiving holiday which is always on the fourth Thursday in November. Most employees get Thanksgiving as a day off (it’s like an English bank holiday – including the fact that in many places, it usually rains!). Many people also take the Friday off as well, giving them a four-day weekend.
To tempt buyers into the shops, retailers started offering special deals on the Friday. And then it spread to the rest of the weekend. And then to all the following week. So Black Friday is now a week-long (or longer) retail bonanza.
And where does the name come from? Apparently, it comes from the idea that this is the day that shops ‘move into the black’, meaning they have enough money to cover their costs while reducing prices.
Whatever the name and meaning, though, Black Friday is good news for shoppers – and now for house-hunters, too!
