Radio H-P, Lowicks and members-only Whatsapp groups: inside the elite house, car and holiday selling groups

I’m loitering on an invite-only WhatsApp group where 469 fellow East Anglian residents’ hang out to trade their assets. This week I have been offered a variety of ‘off market’ deals from a selection of kids ski suits, some floral curtains and a Cybex pushchair, all marketed as being in good condition and ready for a kerb side ‘pick up.’ Nothing to sniff at there or remotely unusual, it’s the veritable modern day version of your neighbour’s garage sale, except far easier. What’s slightly more interesting is the surge in the touting of ‘big ticket’ assets – houses, holiday rentals, cars and designer handbags to name just a few are now part of the regular, daily haul. It has become a shopaholic’s phone-side paradise.