Estate Agents - What Should You Look For When You Want to Sell Your Home?

Just what do you look for choosing an estate agent with so many around it is very difficult to decide just who should sell your home. Maybe some of the following tips will help.

When you are buying a house you will probably search the area where you want to live and visit estate agents, which are based nearby. However there is no need to feel obliged to sell your property through the same agent that you are buying from. It’s a good idea to check out for a local presence, you know, looking in the local papers, personal recommendation and agents with a large number of sold signs rather than for sale signs.

When seeking a valuation try to remember that anyone can present you with a high valuation figure, whether or not you get this is a different matter. Try and decide if the valuation is a result of their knowledge of the area, or are they just telling you what you want to hear. If in doubt ask them to show you comparisons of property that have previous been sold in that area and have been passed by a mortgage surveyor.

Make sure when you instruct an estate agent that you read the small print in their contract, very carefully, or you may find that you are tied to them for a long time. If you receive poor service you may not be able to go else where without paying heavy fees. This also applies if you decide to use multiple agents. You will find that some will demand sole agency only and if you find a buyer privately, you may still be charged their commission fee.

You could always try negotiating a low fee with an estate agent but this is not generally a good idea, as they may not put in the same effort to find a buyer for your home. There is now a new breed of estate agents, though this is not what they called themselves, its more likely to be a house sale specialist or property expert. They also operate in a much different way, but you will most definitely find one operating in your area, as most have local representatives in every village, town and city through out the whole of the UK, as do A Quick Sale Direct whose main office is in Leicester.

A house sale specialist buys freehold, leasehold, commercial or residential and is not worried about where you live or what states of repair or decoration your home is in. they can offer you a fast cash sale, in as little as seven days if that is what you want, but always at a time to suit you. You will not receive the full market value but then this is rarely achieved when you sell through a traditional estate agent. Additionally there are no fees what so ever. Consequently if you are planning on selling your house, or if for any reason you want a quick sale, you may want to investigate this more.