Sell Your House Quickly

Option 2: Sell Your House Quickly for Full Market Value

Selling with a Normal Estate Agent

You may have heard of traditional estate agents in Carlisle – BPK, Your Move, Homesearch Direct, Cumberland amongst others.

When using these services, you’ll normally be tied into a minimum contract of 3 months.

Once you’ve gone through the initial process, your property will then be advertised on the open market.

Once the property is up for sale, interested viewers will then book in to take a look.  These are normally held on weekdays, although Saturdays is also a popular day.

As most agents work 9-5 hours, you may find it’s hard to get instant feedback after the viewing.  Many probably also won’t send you relevant data that’s available on the portals like Rightmove and Zoopla.

Once a satisfactory offer is in place, most sellers end up working with slow solicitors.  We’re noticing that it’s taking months to complete on sales – when the process should take a lot less time, especially in the digital age we live in.

Another common issue is how properties are often overvalued to win instructions – even though it’s not in the best interest of sellers.  Time and time again, we see homes lingering on the market for longer than they need to.

Naturally, we all want to achieve the highest possible price when it comes to selling but being unrealistic often does more harm than good.

Our post on How to Value Your House contains easy-to-use, free tools to get real insights into prices in your local area.  Remember to focus on the facts, not the hearsay!

Selling Your House Online

You’re probably also aware of online estate agents – Purple Bricks and Yopa are two of the most well-known.   These companies claim to offer a more efficient service compared to traditional high street agencies.

Yet, whilst there are a number of benefits, homeowners often find that the agents lack real property market expertise and local knowledge.  Others comment that the service can get too impersonal and distant.

Most online agents also charge fees without any real guarantee of a sale.  You can either pay a lesser amount at the start or delay the payment until after 6 to 12 months.

Although they are becoming more customer-centric, once you’ve paid and signed up, there’s less of an incentive to get the property sold.

Our Express Estate Agency blog post explores some of the industry realities, valuing your house for a fair price and the benefits of using an express sale service.

How does the Property Solvers Express Sale service work?

We work differently here at Property Solvers…

The team will take our local knowledge of Carlisle and get you a quick sale for the best possible price.

16 years of experience in the industry has taught us that the best time to sell a house is within the first 2 weeks of it going on the market.  This is when the buzz and excitement are at their peak.

We’ll make sure that your property is priced well enough so buyers will make serious offers that you’re completely happy with.

There are no tie-ins whatsoever to our sales contracts.  If you’re not happy with our service, you can leave with no questions asked.

Here are some other benefits:

• Floorplans and professional photography (we’ll only market your home once you’re completely happy with what we’re doing).  We also have a virtual / augmented reality tour option under our premium service;
• A bright ‘for sale’ board in front of your home.  This has a 24/7 freephone number for people to book viewings and request information;
• Your property will be on all the major portals including Rightmove, Zoopla, Prime Location, House Ladder, Net House Prices, Mouseprice, Home.co.uk and many more (see where we advertise);
• Accompanied viewings (including evenings and weekends);
• 24/7 enquiry line/chat service (we always make ourselves available to organise viewings, deal with offers and handle any situation);
• Weekly sales reports (with relevant data direct from Rightmove and Zoopla);
• Complete sales progression;
• If we don’t sell, you don’t pay us a penny.

If you would like to know more about our Express Sale service, please enter your postcode and details below.   We’ll provide a free valuation and can arrange a visit to discuss further…