If you are selling your home, then it’s understandable that you would want it to be marketed on Rightmove. After all, it is by far the UK’s largest property portal covering over 90% of residential properties for sale. Luckily, the major hybrid and online estate agents generally include a Rightmove listing as standard. However, not
Selling your home is often a hard decision, and there are many factors that go into deciding to put your home on the market. We’ve already discussed seasonal factors which will have an impact on getting the best price for your home and how quickly it might sell in another article, but let’s also consider
Moving home is often considered one of life’s most stressful events, coming in just behind the death of a spouse and major illnesses. In our experience, much of that stress stems from uncertainty, including the fact that no-one knows how long a house will take to sell when they put it on the market. When
Whilst online valuation tools will give you a rough idea of the value of your property, that’s where their usefulness stops. After all, a property is only worth what an actual buyer is willing to pay for it, meaning that accurately pricing a home requires a great deal of nuance and – crucially – a
We’ve all seen those daytime TV adverts filled with spritely grandparents enjoying meaningful quality time and adventures with cherubic grandchildren thanks to the joys of something called equity release. As the name suggests, equity release is a long-term loan for the over 55s (although some lenders stipulate that applicants must be over 60 or even
Before we get started on the first steps you need to take when selling your home, have you considered whether you actually need to move? We’ve listed the most common reasons for wanting to move below, along with some things to think about for each reason: “I need more space…” Have you considered extending, converting
Your home is on the market, the viewings are booked, and you’re ready to sell. The only thing left is to find your buyer – and that’s where things get interesting. In an ideal world your home would speak for itself, but sometimes buyers need a little help seeing its full potential. Never fear –
For the vast majority of us, our homes will be the most expensive asset that we own and in 2021, we saw a bumper year for house price growth. This was thanks in large part to the extension to the stamp duty holiday, a continued shortage of homes available on the market versus buyer demand,
When you purchase a property in the UK on a shared ownership basis, you are buying a percentage of the property (usually somewhere between 25% – 75%) rather than owning 100% of it yourself. Your local housing association, council or a private developer will own the rest of the property and you will pay a
Whether you are hoping to purchase a small chunk of your neighbour’s garden to extend your own property, have a more significant acreage in mind for development opportunities, or you have more land than you can manage and want to gauge a realistic selling price before putting it on the market, knowing how to value
If you are thinking of selling your home, you should always get an in-person valuation from a local property expect so that you can make an informed decision on a realistic asking price. That way you can avoid your home being on the market for longer than it needs to be, but still get the
Prior to selling your home, you will have done your research and sought a property valuation from a local, hybrid or online estate agent so that you know where to pitch your asking price. Once you have agreed a sale price with your buyer, it may seem as though things are all falling into place,
