When you have decided it is time to put your property on the market, you want to sell it quickly. The last thing you want to do is have to keep your house tidy for weeks on end, welcoming viewers into your home. At McDougall McQueen, our average time to agree a sale of a property is 18 days, which is considerably quicker than the ESPC average.
There are many factors that will determine how quickly a house sale will go through and it pays to invest in your home at the start of the process, ensuring it is ready to be marketed. This means getting your property ready – fixing anything that is broken, decluttering and cleaning, and ensuring your home has kerb appeal. Additionally, it is helpful to ensure that you have any relevant paperwork to hand, for example, planning permission or building warrants and completion certificates for extensions or conversions.
It is also useful to work with an estate agent who is experienced and has local market knowledge. Once your property is ready to go on the market, they will likely already have a list of prospective buyers waiting for your type of property, and will know what the local market conditions are and what price to value your property at.
The estate agent and conveyancers involved work hard to get your property ready to go on the market and sell it quickly for you. At McDougall McQueen, this involves the following:
- First steps – after explaining our terms and conditions of business and providing a detailed written quotation of fees and outlays, we arrange for an evaluation of your house to establish a realistic selling price in the current market.
- Preparation of sales details – at the same time the Property Manager will take sufficient details to prepare sales details.
- Title deeds – we obtain the title deeds to your house from your lender.
- Warrants, letters, guarantees and planning permissions – we then check availability of any relevant Building Warrants, Letters of Comfort, Guarantees and Planning Permissions.
- Putting your property on the market – we know that selling your home can be stressful, so it is wise to invest time pre-sale to ensure your ‘housework’ is in order.
- The sales process – we advise on closing dates, offers, dates of entry and negotiate on your behalf with the buyers solicitors until the missives have been concluded.
- Searches – we will obtain property enquiry certificates, property searches together with coal mining reports if appropriate.
- Conclusion of the sale – finally, we bring the sale to a conclusion, hand over the keys and repay the existing loan.