How To Save Money By Selling Your House

The decision to move homes, particularly if you are a home owner, can be thwarted by worries about how much the process of moving will cost and eat into the budget for the property itself. These sorts of worries apply particular to anyone who is downsizing their property due to cutting back on mortgage costs and property upkeep.

The type of costs involved in selling your home can soon mount up. Solicitor fees are often into the hundreds and even thousands, moving trucks can cost a bundle and worst of all, to even get anyone to consider buying your home you will need to spend some money on marketing the property. Most home movers opt to instruct a high street estate agent to take care of the sale and marketing of their home. However, many people find it hard to trust the high street estate agents who have a bad reputation for not living up to expectations. High street estate agent fees can also be unpredictable, as some will charge a percentage of the final sale price, others will charge a fee just for marketing your property even if it doesn’t sell, and others will charge both. High street estate agency fees are usually around 5% of the sale cost – which is 10 grand if your house sells for 200k!!

In true money saving spirit, you may want to give selling your own home ago to save on the estate agent fees. This certainly will save you from estate agent fees, but will take a lot of your time and could mean it takes you a long time to sell your home because not many people will know that your house is available without the power of estate agency marketing.

To save money selling your home, sell your home online. Using a specialist online estate agent instead of a high street agent could save you hundreds or even thousands in estate agent fees. Online estate agents have all the power of the high street agents when it comes to marketing. They will have a large e-mail mailing list, a good website that is easy to find, and be able to make use of the professional online property marketplaces that millions of people search on every day. You’ll also have the sales support that you would normally get from an estate agent, so you won’t feel like you’re on your own trying to sell your home. Usually you will only need to pay a one off fee for an online estate agent and your home will stay on their website until it’s sold.

After making a massive saving on estate agent fees, remember to get several quotes before choosing a removal company so you have some prices to barter down the cost. Unfortunately we don’t think this will work with solicitors but it’s always worth a try!

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