Posts Tagged ‘selling privately’

Take a leap of faith with a Private Property Listing

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

There appears to be a leap of faith when you consider listing your UK property privately.  A myriad of questions need answering, the first one being why would you upload your own property listing?

There are a variety of Property Listings available to those looking at posting an advert whether letting or selling privately in the UK. Offline UK property owners or those seeking property to rent can, for example, post adverts in local newspapers, produce their own flyers or list their details in shop windows.  Online there are many different websites offering to list properties.  It is worthwhile investigating the various options available.

Where possible all property owners, whether they are UK property landlords looking at letting their UK property or individuals looking at a potential sale, should test the market via the online listing your property privately route.  Why wouldn’t you, especially if there is the free property listing options available!  Yes it may cost you a bit of time in research and submitting a property listing, however the benefits could be a huge saving in potential fees had they followed the estate agency route. 

You will have to spend some time reviewing the different options available.  One the one hand some of the UK private property websites may require a fair amount of detail about the property whilst on the other will be those that display teaser UK property adverts. Some will charge upfront fees, whilst others, like ourselves, will only charge for each property enquiry you choose to receive.  There are also websites that will offer a completely free service. 

It’s extremely important that you do your research before you decide upon the  property listing service that suits your needs.  Either way, it is worth testing the market whether you are looking to sell or let your property in the UK as it could ultimately help to save you money.  Now that’s got to be a good thing.

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Do Your Research before Listing Your Property Privately

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

There are a variety of Property Listings available to those looking at posting an advert whether letting or selling privately. Offline property owners or those seeking property to rent can, for example, post adverts in local newspapers or list their details in shop windows. Online there are many different websites offering to list properties.

It is worthwhile investigating the various options available. Online there are some websites which may require a fair amount of detail if you have a property you are wanting to rent out. At the other end of the spectrum will be those that display teaser property adverts. The cost of listing will vary. Some will charge upfront fees, whilst others, like ourselves, will only charge for property enquiries. There are also websites that will offer a completely free service. However, it’s extremely important that you do your research before you decide the right property listing service for you. Things to consider before listing your property are:

- Will your contact details be displayed on the website to would be tenants?
- What will the websites do to try and attract potential tenants to your property advert?
- Has the website been recommended?

There will different approaches from the online offerings. Just be prepared to do your homework!

Alternately if you have decided that it appears to be too much work you can always opt to use an Estate Agent, however remember that with this approach there will tend to be larger fees involved.

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