Deciding What’s Included Before putting your property on the market, it’s worth considering what ‘fixtures and fittings’ you are prepared to leave behind. These can later be a useful bargaining chip, enhancing your negotiating position. So if you’re sick of...
Selling Property In A Market Downturn In periods of very strong demand, houses virtually ‘sell themselves’. But in a market downturn when the going gets tough you need to focus on the most important factors when selling a house:- * Presentation...
Setting The Asking Price Pitching your asking price correctly is a key strategic decision. Buyers normally expect to get something knocked off the asking price, so it needs to be set a few percentage points above what you consider the ‘true value’ to be. This...
Selling Your Home? Be Very Careful How You Answer Questions – or risk being hit with a massive £££ fine! A couple selling their home in Oxfordshire recently found themselves facing a legal bill of more than £175,000. This was because they’d...
Things You Need To Know Before Selling A Property For most of us, the main reason for selling is to finance a move to a new home – one that better suits our lifestyle. So the sale needs to be seen as part of the bigger picture, a key stepping-stone to...
The legal framework to selling a property – key stages As soon as you’ve found a purchaser for your property your legal adviser / conveyancer will need to swing into action. As the weeks go by you will want to know how things are progressing and the best...
By arranging your home survey directly online - rather than via a mortgage lender - you can save the large chunk of the survey fee that the banks normally keep. They may still want to instruct a valuer to carry out their mortgage valuation, but don’t let them try to sell you an expensive Homebuyer or Building Survey from one of the large, target-driven, corporate firms on their 'panel'.
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