How to sell a house quickly explained. First, let's make sure our service is for you. Troubled by coordination or financial issues? Then perhaps we can help. How you proceed will be limited by:
- the time you have available
- the type of house you're selling
- how much equity you have in your property
- your plans
- how much money you need to raise with from sale
- why you're selling in the first place!
You see, it is not possible to 'sell to order ' and expect to get the same price that you'd receive after waiting months to sell through agents. More likely you can't sell through agents because you don't have enough time. Whatever your circumstances we'll do our best to help.
So to be clear. If you want the full price for your home, you need to sell through agents. However, we find that the current economic climate is making people more realistic. If you feel trapped by your house, the good news is that it's still possible to sell - if you follow the correct steps.
When times are good everyone knows how to sell quickly. You do all those outstanding DIY jobs, remove clutter and hire the most high profile local agent you can find.
That may still work for some people, but not everyone. More and more people are caught out by a failing property market and their own circumstances.
Fortunately, help is at hand.
How do you sell a house quickly?
Traditionally people have used auctions to sell when they need to offload property but the risk and time involved means it's not an ideal way of selling if you need comfort that your sale is progressing.
Here is the alternative.
Ask Sell Your House Quick Help to buy your house.
We can't and don't buy every house we're offered - the only way firms can attempt to do that is to rely on a very wide circle of 'investors'. We don't.
Our criteria are straightforward:
You must be solvent! We're unable to help if you are on the brink of bankruptcy. By solvent we mean both now and in the future. If you have financial difficulties our solution must solve your money problems.
The type of house you're selling has a bearing on whether we can help. We are currently buying property we can rent out for three years or more. The reason for mentioning this is that many houses do not work as buy to let investments without requiring very large discounts. By and large the more expensive the property the larger the amount of equity you'll lose. There are exceptions but the attractiveness of your house will depend on the relationship between its value and the rent that can be achieved.
How much money is tied up in your home? The level of equity tied up in your property will limit whether we can help you sell a house quickly. If you have little or no equity (say 20% or less) then you're severely constrained. Your best bet may be to do the sums on whether renting to move is your best option.
If you have a low mortgage relative to your house's value whether you sell to a professional house buyer may depend on whether you hope to buy or rent your next home.
Steps for selling a house quickly
1. Have at least a rough idea of your home's current value.
2. Work out how much needs to be paid off from the sale. This includes your outstanding mortgage and loans.
3. Be clear what the constraints are on your sale. These can be time or money related.
4. Call us on 0800 043 0669 for an initial indication of whether we can help or simply complete the form below.
