An alternative to using an estate agent to sell your property
Traditionally, anyone with a house to sell in the U.K. would use an Estate Agent. As they were ranked 2nd in a Radio 4 poll of least respected workers (M.P.s were 1st!), for many people they are seen as a necessary evil.
A small minority of people manage to sell their house privately by doing their own advertising and putting up their own For Sale board, but as their property does not appear in the Estate Agents press adverts or websites, this is very much a hit and miss affair.
Even when a sale is secured, the legal system in England & Wales means that until contracts are exchanged typically many weeks later the sale can fall through. In fact one in three agreed sales do not complete, meaning that the sale process has to start all over again.
For anyone relocating or emigrating this is frustrating and annoying as plans have to be put on hold. For people with financial difficulties or in danger of having their house repossessed, it can be very serious indeed.
A realistic alternative to Estate Agents
At last there is an alternative to using an Estate Agent. Using a...