Anfield is a vibrant area of Liverpool, known for its strong community spirit, predominantly terraced properties, buzzing high street and of course, the famous Anfield Stadium. Whether you're to a new area of Liverpool (or a new city altogether), downsizing, or facing financial difficulties, selling your house fast in Anfield can be a challenging yet crucial task. The traditional method of selling through an estate agent can be time-consuming and uncertain, which is why many homeowners are now turning to fast cash property buying services.
Many of our Anfield based customers have not used a fast-sale property service before, so we wanted to publish this new blog to try and answer some of the most common questions.
The Challenges of Selling Through an Estate Agent
It's a time consuming process!
Selling a property in Anfield quickly can be difficult via the traditional estate agent route. It can take an estate agents several weeks to get your property visible on their website or via a property portal to market your property. This includes negotiating a sale price, arranging for professional photography, creating floor-plans, creating listings, and arranging viewings.
Even after finding a potential buyer, negotiations can drag on. Buyers may request repairs, renegotiate prices, or even pull out last minute.
Sales through estate agents are often part of a property chain. If one link in the chain breaks, it can cause significant delays and lead to massive frustration, stress and even lead to losing your sale or your purchase.
It can be very expensive, laden with hidden costs!
Agent fees in and around Anfield vary from between 1% to 2% of the sale price, which can add up to a substantial amount. For properties marketed under £100,000 agents usually enforce a minimum fee of £1,500 + VAT.
Local Conveyancing solicitors charge around £1,000 + VAT to complete all of the legal requirements as part of a sale/purchase.
To attract buyers, agents often suggest you present your property in the best possible condition, and may recommend you invest in repairs, renovations, and staging. This may not require significant financial investment, but it all takes time. Your next 3 or 4 weekends might be spent decorating, de-cluttering and buying new furniture or investing in a local storage unit.
It can be an uncertain and stressful time in your life!
As well as time pressure, there are other factors that can add stress to your sale or purchase like turbulent market conditions, the economy and ability for buyers securing mortgages. All of these external factors can change very quickly.
We have lost count of the times our customers have told us that their chain was broken after 3 months of waiting, due to a party in their chain being refused finance. Then you're back to square one.
The Advantages of a Liverpool based Fast Cash Property Buying Service
It's fast and efficient!
Fast cash buying property services, like ours, can provide you with an offer within 24 hours of viewing your property!
It can be a rapid process! Once you accept the offer on your Anfield property, a sale can be completed in just 28 days (and in some circumstances faster).
Fast sale property buying services are ideal for those who need to sell quickly due to financial pressures, probate, fire damage, inherited property or impending relocations.
Your sale is certain!
Once you accept a cash offer, the sale is virtually guaranteed. There’s absolutely no risk of the buyer (us) pulling out due to financing issues. We buy property for cash and do not rely on mortgages.
Selling directly to a cash buyer eliminates the complications of a property chain, ensuring a smooth and stress free transaction.
It can actually save you money!
It's true, we may not offer you 100% of the true market value (it'll be close though!), but as we complete in just 28 days, you will save at least 3 to 5 months of mortgage payments, council tax payments and energy bills at your Anfield property.
You will also save on estate agent commissions, which can be a significant amount of money, and a minimum of £1,500 + VAT.
We will also pay ALL of your legal fees, saving you another £1,000 + VAT.
Overall, you will receive a similar amount of money if you sell your Anfield based property by using a fast cash selling property service like ours and you could complete in 28 days, rather than 3-5 months using a traditional estate agent.
You have flexibility!
The entire process is managed by us, from valuation to completion. This means less stress and hassle for you.
Want to complete in 28 days? Fine! Want to move in 40 days? We can arrange that! Our buying service gives you flexible completion dates to suit your needs, giving you more control over your move.
What Are the Next Steps Involved in a Cash Sale?
The process typically involves the following steps:
Initial Contact: Contact us today and provide us with some basic details about your Anfield Property that you're interested in selling quickly.
Property Assessment: One of our friendly team will arrange a convenient time to visit the property so we can carry out a fair market valuation.
Offer: We will make you no-obligation cash offer based on the assessment we carry out of your fire damaged property in Liverpool.
Acceptance: If you accept the offer, we will then handle all of the paperwork and legal conveyancing requirements for you, AND we will shoulder the cost! Yes, really, we will pay for your legal costs.
Completion: The sale is completed, and you receive the payment. This entire process can often be completed within 28 days.
We buy properties in Anfield every month and can provide you with a quick, straightforward and stress free solution.
If you're ready to sell and would like to arrange for one of our team to come out to your property to provide you with a cash offer, contact us today.