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Selling a house quickly?

MandyG_3
MandyG_3 Posts: 69 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Can anyone recommend any companies that will buy your house quickly for you?

We need to sell and move closer to my parents, but we are going into rented accomodation. The market seems slow here and they seem to take ages to sell

I was just doing some research and was wandering if anyone had any any experience of house buying companies

thanks in advance

x
:jDebt free from 2010:j
(except for mortgage lol)

Comments

  • CloudCuckooLand
    CloudCuckooLand Posts: 1,905 Forumite
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    Been done to death, weekly.

    No-one here likes the quick-sell companies. They will give you 70%, then try and drop that to 60% at the last minute when you are desperate.

    Might as well drop to 90% as a normal sale, and see who that attracts.
    Act in haste, repent at leisure.

    dunstonh wrote:
    Its a serious financial transaction and one of the biggest things you will ever buy. So, stop treating it like buying an ipod.
  • 80schild
    80schild Posts: 240 Forumite
    I don't know if these are the same as a quick sell company so please don't flame me if they are but someone recomended to me 'Pure Aquisitions' -I have not really looked into them properly though!
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    A quick look makes me believe they are not 'quick sell' so much as 'rip-off buy'.

    You pay them, they 'help' you buy a house.

    Hmmmm. Thinks.... I could make a fortune doing that.....

    As for the OP; Recommendation? Don't!
  • MandyG_3
    MandyG_3 Posts: 69 Forumite
    thanks for the replies

    I did find one that said theyoffer you 80%

    Thanks for the idea of putting the house on the market at 90% - might have to do it - we want to sell quickish so we can move

    many thanks

    x
    :jDebt free from 2010:j
    (except for mortgage lol)
  • 80schild
    80schild Posts: 240 Forumite
    G_M wrote: »
    A quick look makes me believe they are not 'quick sell' so much as 'rip-off buy'.

    You pay them, they 'help' you buy a house.

    Hmmmm. Thinks.... I could make a fortune doing that.....

    As for the OP; Recommendation? Don't!

    I am in no way saying 'use them' but I think they try to sell your house by targeting investment buyers who pay to use them to source properties. However I don't see why this can't be done with an ordinary estate agents!! They just seemed a bit better that cash sale companies who charge admin fees and promise the earth and then nothing happens for 6 months!
  • evoke
    evoke Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Jeez. Just lower the selling price to a level where it will sell and tell the EA to market it at that price. It'll still be higher than the dodgy we-buy-any-house companies.

    x

    LOL.
    Everyone is entitled to my opinion!
  • pocketrocket1
    pocketrocket1 Posts: 56 Forumite
    agree with evoke houses are selling they just have to be priced at a reasonable selling price. Ask you agent for a realistic valuation and put your house on at that. There are no short cuts unless you want to lose a packet and some ......................
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