The single most important thing to get right to sell your house fast is the asking price. Almost every property will attract attention from buyers if the price is right so if you aren’t even getting many viewings, it could be a sign that buyers think your asking price is too high for the size and type of property compared to others in your area.
The ideal asking price is the highest price buyers are willing to pay within your desired timeframe. Overpricing leads to delays, while underpricing may cause regret.
We look at how to price your property to get the best price in the fastest time.
❌ Too Low – Quick sale, but you risk selling for much less than market value.
❌ Too High – Fewer viewings, longer time on the market, and price reductions.
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ABSOLUTELY NOT – also, worthy of note: not all bidders are the same either – our auctions recognise that.
The method we use to sell property is often referred to as a ‘Modern‘ Property Auction’ (also known as conditional auctions). It is different to many other types of auction (offline and online) because of what happens when the bidding ends. In a Modern Property Auction when bidding ends the winning bidder pays a non refundable deposit to secure the property but the crucial difference is the winning bidders are given time to secure lending.
Because our auctions are open to private buyers with mortgage funding (not just cash buyers who are often developers looking to buy a property at rock bottom prices so they can make a profit when reselling), our properties typically sell for 10 – 15% more than similar properties sold at auction houses.
Our fees are lower too, (see next section)!
Similar to the ‘sealed bids’ process, in our auctions a winning bid is the BEST offer the seller chooses to accept which is usually but not always the highest bid. Like traditional auctions, all bids are legally binding and the bidding process is transparent so all bidders are kept informed of other bids throughout the process.
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How Long Does it Take To Sell London Property?
On average, London property takes longer to sell than any other area of the UK.
According to RightMove’s October House Price Index, top London property takes an average of 86 days to sell and the average for all London property types is 65 days.
National Residential sell all types of London property from 1 bedroom flats to 5 bedroom semi-detached housing. Our top property (with a sale price of £780,000) took only 29 days to sell – that is over 50 days below the average for the same type of property.
During the year Nov 2016 to Oct 2017, the average selling time National Residential took to sell all types of London property was just 26 days compared to the average time other estate agents take of 61 days.
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The National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) was founded in 2013 in response to to the growth in popularity of Quick House Sales companies.
TPO consulted with a number of reputable practitioners from the Quick House Sales industry including Dave Coughlin, Managing Director of National Residential and the Landlord Sales Agency to define a fair and reasonable business and a model of good business practice.
Quick house sales companies differ from estate agencies because they enable members of the public to sell their properties fast by buying them directly or brokering a deal with a property developer – i.e. without promoting them to the public or having to wait for someone to make an offer. Quick house sales companies that buy property directly must have significant funds available to make an instant purchase.
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