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What is the fastest option for selling your house or flat in Sydenham?

Homeowners in the district of Sydenham have a number of options when selling their properties, including trying their luck with an auction, enlisting the services of an estate agent, or selling to a fast home buyer. There are specific advantages of each approach, along with some cons of using certain methods that are important to know before you make a final choice on selling.

Using an auctioneer to sell your home

A property auction house will handle the vast majority of the work required to sell your home. They will develop and market the listing, which includes photographs of the property along with a description of the home and its main features, such as the square footage and number of rooms. And they’ll host the auction, where people will place bids on your property, with the winner being whoever bids the highest.

Sometimes homes sold this way are very popular with bidders and get a very high sale price. Or they receive no bids, in which case they don’t sell. And other properties only receive a bid at the reserve price, which is the lowest value you agree to sell your home. Ensure that you set this price at a level which will still make you a profit, even after paying the auctioneer’s fees.

Auctioneers charge commission often based as a percentage of your home’s sale price, although you could be able to pass some costs on to the buyer. You’ll also have a wait of at least a few weeks between listing your home and the auction taking place. And if the property sells, the buyer usually has just under a month to complete all of their steps for finalising the purchase.

Using an estate agent to sell your home

Another method of selling that requires minimal work from homeowners is using an estate agent, who will take care of the listing and advertise it. They’ll also schedule and host viewings for potential buyers to see the interior and exterior of your property before hopefully making an offer, although some owners find these to take up a lot of time and be quite intrusive.

Homes sold this way might be on the market for several months, or in worst case scenarios more than a full year, before they receive a serious offer from a buyer. And you will also have to pay an estate agent commission, which you’ll have to subtract from your final sale proceeds.

Using a fast property buyer to sell your home

A third choice is using a fast home buyer such as LDN Properties, who can make a quick and fair offer for buying a large variety of houses and flats no matter their age, shape, size or condition. These companies promise to complete the entire process of buying your home in often just a few weeks, which includes paying owners their proceeds and exchanging contracts. That’s ideal for those homeowners who want to find a buyer for their property as fast as possible.

Another important benefit of selling to a fast home buyer is that the reputable companies will never make you pay any commission or other fees. That means you are guaranteed to receive the full proceeds from whatever price the quick buyer offers for purchasing your home.

Trusting LDN Properties to speedily buy your Sydenham home

For almost two decades, LDN Properties has given homeowners in London a straightforward, and hassle-free way to get fair and speedy offers for selling their leasehold or freehold houses and flats. We can buy homes in Sydenham, which is in the east London borough of Lewisham and features many green spaces such as Mayow Park and Sydenham Green Wells Park.

We know that you need total peace of mind when taking up a buyer’s offer for your property, and that is why we’re proud to be registered with The Property Ombudsman (TPO). This independent organisation is responsible for issuing rules to protect homeowners from scams in the quick buying industry, and every member of TPO must follow all of those regulations.

Always ask a fast home buyer whether they are registered with TPO. It’s quick, simple and free to find out whether they are telling the truth — just visit the organisation’s website, click on the tab on the left of the screen labelled "Find a Member" and then enter the company’s name. If they’re genuinely a member then their registration details will be made available. Be very wary of any fast buyer who says that they are a TPO member but cannot prove it, or a company that outright refuses to join TPO (or equivalent), because this increases the odds of it being a fraudulent business.

Property resources to consider

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Locations in and around Sydenham where we operate

Anerley Bell Green Bellingham Crystal Palace Dulwich Elmers End Forest Hill Gipsy Hill Lower Sydenham New Beckenham Norwood New Town Penge Sydenham Hill Upper Sydenham

Sydenham postcode areas covered by us

BR3 SE19 SE20 SE21 SE23 SE26 SE6