ARTICLES!
QUICK PROPERTY BUYERS?
- What Is The Best Way To Sell My Property?
- How to sell your house quickly?
- How can I tell if a cash buyer is trustworthy?
- What will a property buyer offer for my home?
- Different ways of selling your home quickly
- Houses bought for cash: does this really happen?
- How much will it cost to sell my home?
- Quick house sales and where to get them
- Sell my house fast: here are a few options
- Will anyone buy my home?
ESTATE AGENTS?
- Recommended Estate Agents
- 10 things you must know about Estate Agents
- Shall I choose the cheapest Estate Agent?
- Do I need a Rightmove Estate Agent?
- Can I trust an Estate Agent's valuation of my property?
- Are there any good online Estate Agents?
- Choosing an asking price that draws in buyers
- Do I need an EPC to sell my property?
- Does my Estate Agent need to advertise my property for sale in the local newspapers?
- Do I need to use a local Estate Agent to sell my house?
- Finding the best Estate Agent
- How do I choose the best Estate agent to sell my home?
- Shall I sell my home privately or sell using an Estate Agent?
PROPERTY VALUATION?
- Free online house valuation
- How to add value to your home
- How to value your property
- How you can use house price data to accurately value your home
CONVEYANCING?
- What is property conveyancing?
- Property conveyancing process for a house seller
- Property conveyancing process for a house buyer
- What about DIY conveyancing?
- How do I go about choosing the best conveyancer?
- Property conveyancing glossary: A guide to the commonly used terms in conveyancing
HOUSE REPOSSESSION
- Repossession process explained
- Ways to stop a repossession
- Where you can get help if you're facing repossession
- Mortgage Rescue Scheme
Free Online House Valuations
Free Online House Valuations
If you are not sure how much your house is worth then there are ways to secure a really quick, free house valuation online. But please be careful, these results will give you a rough indication of what your house is worth. It is definitely not worth arguing with an Estate Agent or house buying agency, quoting the free online house valuation that you have received. However, these sites are worth taking a look at, simply because they give you a good idea of house values, rather than a bespoke valuation for your particular property.
Zoopla!
Zoopla is an excellent property valuation site. If you type in your postcode then it will tell you how much properties are selling for in that area. This means that you can see when a house was sold and how much for. Then you can get a more personalised valuation that is based on the past prices that houses went for and how the market is doing in that locality.
As always, nothing is perfect and you do have to remember that the valuations Zoopla gives will be based on past prices. So if there is a plan to build a bail hostel round the corner (which would affect your property price) then this would not be reflected in the property price that Zoopla gives you. That means you need to be aware of any potential issues and how the market is doing, rather than rely on Zoopla alone. As a rule it is always worth thinking that Zoopla has over valued your property. That way you may be able to be pleasantly surprised and at worst, you will not be too disappointed.
Propertypriceadvice
Propertypriceadvice is an online service that will help give you a valuation for your property. However, valuations tend to be even higher than Zoopla, so again don’t rely on this valuation, take it with a pinch of salt as being an optimistic indicator of price. It is easier than Zoopla and you can download a PDF locality guide, which details local schools and GP surgeries etc. It is useful, but don’t trust it implicitly!
Mouseprice.com
This is another free valuation service and it is incredibly easy to use. You can get a very basic valuation by simply entering in your postcode; the website does the rest for you. You will get a broad indicator of price, so there is no definitive valuation, but it gives you a yardstick and also tells you what other houses nearby are selling for.
Nationwide House Price Calculator
This gives you an indication of how much your home will now be worth, based on how much it was sold for. It is a blunt tool to some extent, but on the other hand, it will give you some indication of what your home is worth and realistically, until you have several Estate Agents value your home, you will never get a wholly accurate figure of what your home’s value is. (Some people would argue that you will not even get this with Estate Agents!)
Get Analytical!
If you want to analyse projected house prices, all you need to do is log on to Housepricecrash. This website collates figures and statistics from the Land Registry (that records property values), Hometrack as well as financial indicators such as the Financial Times. This gives a good indication of what the experts think will happen with house prices in your locality; but again, be realistic and treat with caution!