What to ask an estate agent when selling your Old Bexley property
Estate agents are one option for selling your house or flat in Old Bexley, and they will handle most of the effort of trying to find a buyer for the property by advertising it and hosting the viewings where people interested in your home see it before possibly making an offer.
However, it can take several months and in worst case situations more than a full year before you receive a serious offer when you sell this way. That’s much slower than selling your home to LDN Properties, because our team completes each sale within weeks. And that schedule includes paying the proceeds to you and exchanging contracts on the home.
And you will also have to pay an estate agent commission for their work in finding you a buyer, whereas we have never charged homeowners any fees when buying their homes.
But if you are still interested in using an estate agent to sell your home, there are a number of important questions that you should consider asking them first. Their answers should help you to determine whether using their services is the ideal way to sell your property.
This is one of the most important questions you can ask an estate agent, because it’ll help you calculate the likely net proceeds that you’ll make from selling your home. Most estate agents will charge a commission based as a percentage of the final property sale price, however in certain circumstances they might charge a higher rate.
Certain types of homes can require a specialist seller, for example if you are trying to sell a dilapidated property or if you want to sell a house of multiple occupancy. If an estate agent has never before tried to sell your specific type of property, then they might find it difficult to attract any buyers because they won’t know how to market it to the public.
Another important query that will help you to learn more about how an individual estate agent works and whether they are likely to constantly monitor interest in your home from potential buyers. How an estate agent answers this question will tell you whether they have a plan for dedicated ongoing support aimed at securing a buyer as quickly as they can.