[Clementine]

Did you know that in the UK an estimated 900,000 property sellers per year are unable to get a quick sale for their houses or even sell their property at all. On average, 1.8 million house sales are successful but according to data from the Government's Land Registry, 1 in 3 home sales fail.

One way to do this is to know how much your property is worth. More often than not, it is not advisable to entirely trust an agent. Why? Because they can either overvalue it or undervalue. They overvalue it in order for you to hire them as your agent. They can also undervalue so that they can sell it quickly and get their commissions faster.

[Mark Russel]

Originally Posted by Clementine

They can also undervalue so that they can sell it quickly and get their commissions faster.

What's worse is that some undervalue your property for personal gain. Property traders typically give bribes to agents so that they can buy property at very low prices.

[Prof Henry]

In order for you to avoid being taken for a ride by an agent, ask them to have evidence on why they think that is the value of your property. Ask them for around three sets of brochures of properties that they've sold that are similar to yours. Further, ask them from a copy of the details of properties they are currently selling that is the same as yours.

[Daniel Smith]

Any other tips? These posts are really eye openers.

[Jane Norman]

How about selling your home yourself?? More and more people are doing this, in order to avoid expensive estate agent fees. There are special sites online where you can advertise your home for sale, for a flat fee of around £100. Simply get a couple of estate agents round for a no-obligation valuation of your property, then price accordingly. You could also use the selling price of other houses in the area as a guide

I once heard of a couple who were desperate to sell their home quickly and needed to come up with a novel idea of doing so. They decided to sell enough raffle tickets to raise the selling price of their property, and then they held a draw when they had raised enough. The way it worked meant the lucky winners of the house won the grand prize for an outlay of around £5.00. Amazing idea

[james26]

I think that raffle ticket house sale got into trouble with the national lottery for not have a licence to do so. Good idea though!

You can value your own home just as good as anyone out there, maybe even better as you know the neighbourhood down to which end of the street you would prefer to live on.

This article spells out how to value your own home like a RICS Surveyor: How to Value your Home

[mattie3979]

Any other tips on selling properties, guys? I imagine that Jo Public don't know the half of what agents and the like 'get up to!'

[sellyourhousein48hrs]

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