First, let us make a few things perfectly clear about selling your home without an estate agent:

1. It can and is done all the time, all across the UK!
2. It is not difficult to do and you don’t need any special expertise!
3. Using an estate agent will not guarantee that you sell for more!

Many people feel strongly that most Estate Agents don’t deserve the fees they charge.  We couldn’t agree more!

Property prices have risen dramatically over the last decade.  Seeing as estate agency fees are based on the percentage of your sale price, Estate Agents are making a killing (over £4 billion last year).

• Are they working any harder for their money?
• Are they providing consumers with a better service?

The evidence presented earlier suggests that they are not.  The truth is, selling a property is not difficult. There’s certainly no mystery to it and you don’t need the sales skills of Arthur Daley to get the best possible price.

All you need to do is:

• Price the property competitively (use estate agents for this, they’re free).
• Present the property well (no one is going to pay you top dollar for a dump).
• Take your pick of the marketing options that are available to today’s private seller.
  • Websites such as Houseweb, thelittlehousecompany and MyPropertyforSale, are established options for advertising your private sale online.
• Find a decent conveyancer to take care of the legals & process the transaction.

That is it!  When you get these fundamentals right, property sells itself. Don’t let any estate agent scare you into believing otherwise.