To sell a house fast you will need to prepare your house, your estate agent, your solicitor and your buyers because selling a house fast is only part of the story. To sell a house fast, you also need to complete fast.
Typically, sellers wait 90 days to receive an acceptable offer (often because their estate agent is ‘over ambitious’* in the first instance so )
*That’s a charitable explanation but there are some people who think a lot of estate agents deliberately suggest a much higher price than they know is feasible to
and buyers are not legally committed to the sale until contracts have been exchanged weeks after a sale price has been agreed before surveys.
Completion usually takes between 70 – 84 days, making the average total time to sell a house from listing your property to moving out 170+ days (almost 6 months).
If a property does not compete with similar properties in the area on price, presentation and appeal, the process can take a lot longer.
We’ve used advice given to buyers to predict the tactics they will use to research properties and what they should do to make the most of their viewings to compile some top tips to help you sell your house faster.