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Bell Green, London

What’s the speediest way to sell your house or flat in Bell Green?

There are several ways to try selling your home in Bell Green, which is a district in the east London borough of Lewisham that was once the site of a gasworks — but has since been redeveloped and now features a popular retail park. You could try using an estate agent, an auctioneer or a fast buyer. Each option has its own pros, but the time it takes to find a buyer can vary significantly.

Selling your home using an estate agent

One of the more traditional ways to sell a home is by using an estate agent. They will work with you to decide on an asking price for the property, but beware that some estate agents might quote an elevated price just to get your business even if they know the home will only sell at a lower price. Estate agents will develop a listing that features photographs of your property and a text description of its main features, and also host viewings for prospective buyers.

There can be a few downsides of selling your home this way, including the fact that you might find the viewings to be very inconvenient and take up a lot of your time. It’s possible that you could have to wait a number or months of maybe even more than a year before receiving a legitimate offer, and nothing is certain until you exchange contracts. You’ll also have to pay the estate agent fees often based on a percentage of your home’s sale price.

Selling your home using a property auctioneer

A second choice for selling your home is trying your luck with a property auctioneer. You will agree to a reserve price, which is the minimum value at which you’ll accept your hope selling. The aim is to have several people wanting to buy your home, so that during the auction they try to outbid each other by offering higher prices for your property, pushing the final price upward. Just note that this isn’t guaranteed to happen, and could just get a bid at the reserve price, which is deemed a legally binding agreement to buy your home that either your or the winning bidder can enforce. If your home doesn’t receive any bids then it won’t sell.

The potential to make a profit is one of the most attractive elements of using an auctioneer. But remember that you will have to pay the auction house commission for their work, typically based on a percentage of the sale price, which will reduce the proceeds that you can expect to make from the sale. In some cases you might be able to pass some fees on to the winning high bidder, so ask the auction house whether this is a possibility.

Also, you might experience a wait of at least a few weeks between the date that you list your house or flat for sale and when the auction actually occurs. If your home sells at auction, the buyer typically has about 28 days to complete the purchase, including exchanging contracts. Some auction houses set tighter deadlines, whilst others will give the buyer more time.

Selling your home using a fast property buyer

A third option for selling your Bell Green home is to contact a fast property buyer such as LDN Properties. We provide a streamlined and no-stress way to receive a speedy and fair offer for selling your leasehold or freehold house or flat. And we can usually complete the purchase of a home in few weeks, which includes paying you the proceeds and exchanging contracts.

We also have the benefit of never charging homeowners any fees. By contrast, the fees that you’d have to pay auctioneers or estate agents will cut into your total sale profit.

Our team can also consider making offers on just about any age, condition, size, shape or type of home – unlike some estate agents or auction houses that might only be able to help you sell certain houses or flats. We have made fast and fair offers to buy everything from fire damaged homes through to properties with dry rot and a number of other examples that we can share with you if you get in touch. We have 15+ years of experience with buying a wide range of homes throughout London and we’re proud of our long list of very happy customers.

Property resources to consider

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Locations close to Bell Green where we operate

Beckenham Bellingham Catford Downham Forest Hill Honor Oak Park Lower Sydenham New Beckenham Penge Southend Sydenham Sydenham Hill Upper Sydenham

Postcodes in and around Bell Green we cover

BR1 BR3 SE20 SE23 SE26 SE6