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August 19, 2008

The way to sell your house without Estate agents and the extra fees that go with it.

Filed under: Home — Tags: , — John @ 10:47 pm

Selling and buying a property is a emotional decision. Selling your own property can be very gratifying, exciting, and lots of fun. In this day and age of computers and ultra fast information its only right that the power is coming back into our own hands allowing us to take out the middle man and keep the profits from our hard earned investment, and its a lot less work than you might think. Estate agents usually ask for a commission somewhere in the range of 6% of the total cost, that can easily amount to ?20,000 to ?30,000 on the sale of a nice home. If you take the Sell my House thought a little bit further because you are dealing with other individuals you can get into a conversation with them and in some cases negotiate a better deal because lets face it you don?t have that huge fee hanging over your head.

Homeowners are beginning to realize that they have the ability to sell their own homes and keep more money in their hands. When thinking about selling your own home you have to ask yourself some focused questions, and not get fixated with the house you have lived in for a period of your life.

Looking at your own home from a buyers perspective isn?t always easy but think about going to look at other properties and what you would expect. Remove clutter from rooms, paint the walls a neutral colour and clean the house to a showroom finish, I know this takes a bit of effort on your part but the benefits can be the difference between your house sitting on the market or it being snapped up as soon as it appears.

I believe we have become a little lax in our quest for convenience we seem to eagerly bestow away a years salary to somebody that has just turned up at your home walked around it, taken a few photographs and measurements and then gone away and sat in an office and posted up a few facts in their window, the local paper and internet. All of this you can sort out in a weekend. ?20,000 or a weekends work????? I know which option I prefer, are you aware that you can do it on your own behalf, just search the web and make an informed decision. By using search phrases such as Sell my flat, Sell my house and sell my house online you can find brilliant resources to sell your house, for sale by owner.

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