by Zen | Nov 4, 2021 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
How to protect yourself from property fraud It’s not widely known that property fraud is a growing threat to UK homeowners. One shocking recent case involved a vicar – the Reverend Mike Hall – who got an urgent phone call from his...
by Zen | Oct 18, 2021 | Building Surveys, Buying a home, Buying a home privately, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
Selling without an agent One of the big benefits of selling privately is that you establish a direct relationship with the buyer. As a rule, people are less likely to mess you about on a one-to-one basis, whereas they may have fewer scruples about...
by Zen | Oct 5, 2021 | Building Surveys, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
Selling Privately Managing your own property sale without the aid of an estate agent is not for everyone. Despite massive potential savings in fees and VAT, the major attraction of employing an agent for many people is the perception that they will take...
by Zen | Sep 7, 2021 | Building Surveys, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, House Prices, Selling your home, Valuations
The Checklist – before appointing estate agents Before you sign an estate agent’s contract, always check the small print. As well as negotiating the fee (+VAT) payable upon a successful sale (or introducing the eventual buyer) be sure to get...
by Zen | Aug 17, 2021 | Building Surveys, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
Purple Bricks – a different approach Unlike conventional High Street estate agents, some newer online agents like Purple Bricks charge a flat fee at the outset rather than taking commission based on the actual sale achieved. This is a radical...
by Zen | Aug 17, 2021 | Building Surveys, Conveyancing, Estate Agents, Home Buyer Surveys, Selling your home, Valuations
Estate agents’ fees Competition between local estate agents is normally pretty fierce. Yet most turn over large sums and seem to do very nicely financially come rain or shine. For some agents the primary objective is to get the most ‘instructions’...
