National Home Buyers

deadmellow

There is a lot of press out there about national home buyers, such as the guardian report mentioned above http://money.guardian.co.uk/experts/mortgage/story/0,15247,1486017,00.html from what I have heard you will be looking at an offer around 35% below market value, and yes you do need to pay the "large" survey fee before you receive the offer. I needed to sell due to losing my business a while back so I didn’t have the time to wait for a buyer but, the site I used was http://www.selling-property-quick.com/ they told me they do not offer below 25% with 15% being the norm. Plus no survey fees AT ALL! And £600 towards my legal cost. The best advice as always is do your research and trust your gut instinct.

deadmellow

There is a lot of press out there about national home buyers, such as the guardian report mentioned above http://money.guardian.co.uk/experts/mortgage/story/0,15247,1486017,00.html from what I have heard you will be looking at an offer around 35% below market value, and yes you do need to pay the "large" survey fee before you receive the offer. I needed to sell due to losing my business a while back so I didn’t have the time to wait for a buyer but, the site I used was selling-property-quick.com, they told me they do not offer under 25% with 15% being the norm. Plus no survey fees AT ALL! And £600 towards my legal cost. The best think as always is doing your research and trust your gut instinct.

deadmellow

There is a lot of press out there about national home buyers, such as the guardian report mentioned above http://money.guardian.co.uk/experts/mortgage/story/0,15247,1486017,00.html from what I have heard you will be looking at an offer around 35% below market value, and yes you do need to pay the "large" survey fee before you receive the offer. I needed to sell due to losing my business a while back so I didn’t have the time to wait for a buyer but, the site I used was selling-property-quick.com, they told me they do not offer under 25% with 15% being the norm. Plus no survey fees AT ALL! And £600 towards my legal cost. The best think as always is doing your research and trust your gut instinct.

Tassotti

There are many companies out there that offer this service.

NEVER pay for a survey as the seller. If you need to sell quickly, for any reason, the company will come round, view your property, make a guaranteed cash offer , quick sale, then pay for the survey, and, in some instances, pay all legal fees.

Costs you nothing, get quick uncomplicated sale.

Okay, the offer will be 20-30% below market value (not asking price)

PM me if you require further details.

Tass

SophieNHB

We've been retained by National Homebuyers (NHB) to manage their reputation online and would like to answer on their behalf.

All valuations carried out by NHB contain at least one external survey by an independent RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) qualified surveyor. These surveys are used to help ascertain a genuine market value on each property. However, if the vendor feels that this survey has been done incorrectly, then they should contact NHB immediately so they can organise further surveys.

NHB has advised that you contact them and they will be happy to perform a further survey in order to assess the genuine property value and re-evaluate their offer.

NHB has no direct contact with the surveyors they use, in order to retain their transparency and avoid any suggestion of bias. As a consequence, they will be more than happy to survey the property with another RICS surveyor.

Every case study on the website is true. National Homebuyers is the leading company in the industry and have many happy customers which will confirm the service is working.

If the vendor does not pay for a survey then there is every posibility that the company is basing the price offered on their own estimation of the property, which will be inaccurate.

If you have anymore questions then please visit the website https://www.nationalhomebuyers.co.uk where you can read about tactics some companies use or alternatively email: homesellers.beware@nationalhomebuyers.co.uk where you will be able to talk to a homesellers expert.

noyk

If you want to sell your house quickly, just drop the price. Ask the EA for a "truly" realistic valuation (not a normal one) and if your still concerned get a valuation from RICS. Then take say 10-15% off and put it on the market at that price and say to the EA you will only consider buyers who can go ahead X weeks/months.

If the price is right, there will be a buyer unless you have a really odd house! You will also have more money left than you would selling to one of these "sell your home quickly" outfits.

Mancunian

been looking at these services and found this via google.

Fyi.. i called nhb a few weeks ago and i think the valuation fee was something like £500.

A few weeks later i got a voicemail offering it for half price AND i have just got another call for a valuation for £99!

Does anyone have any recent experience or knowledge of this subject?

blondie4281

I checked these guys out and spoke to other similar companies who don't charge a valuation fee (of which there are lots out there). I was offered £100'000 for our £170'000 house. I suspect that NH would have offered about the same. This was £40'000 short of our outstanding mortgage so obviously we are not going down this route. NH was on Watchdog (as a previous person said) which is never good!

Rickie01

I think valuation fee is something which you have to pay before registration. Even the present real estate market offers valuable investment opportunities for people who are looking for a good deal and strong return on investment.