| One thing is certain: a lot of people are going to be | | | | from eBay and Gumtree, both of which accept listings |
| selling houses in the UK in the short-term future, and | | | | from private sellers. So, for anyone looking to sell |
| this will inevitably put downward pressure on house | | | | houses fast in major UK cities, eBay and Gumtree are |
| prices. However, with the type of sales likely to be | | | | good to advertise on if you aren't already. |
| produced speed is likely to be more of the essence | | | | The key there though is, searching; find out what sites |
| than price, or at least heavier on the scale than under | | | | you can get your home on are featuring strongly in the |
| normal sale circumstances. So, with all these people | | | | results of people searching to buy a house in your |
| selling homes, and nearly all of them wanting to do so | | | | area. It is worth mentioning that the Little House |
| quickly, how can we maximise our chances of getting | | | | Company is strongly in many of the results if you |
| the sale we want? | | | | include page 2 results, with a particularly strong 5th in |
| The answer, sell your house privately using methods | | | | Google for houses for sale in Manchester. |
| chosen yourself based on your individual | | | | I mentioned targeting niches in a recent article, in which |
| circumstances and using your own marketing | | | | I focussed on fishing, mainly because it is the largest |
| materials. No one knows the selling points of your | | | | participant sport in the world. Fishing aside, is your |
| home better than you, do they? | | | | home near a sports ground or anything like that? If so |
| I always feel when writing articles like this that it is best | | | | it may be worth an advert in the club magazine or on |
| to give an example of how I might sell my home. | | | | the match programmes. |
| I just conducted a search on houses for sale in several | | | | Even refining it down further, finding out all major |
| of the UK's key cities. I noted that Findaproperty is | | | | businesses and landmarks, i.e. art galleries and |
| strongly in the results for all. Unfortunately | | | | museums your home is near could provide more |
| Findaproperty doesn't accept listings from private | | | | advertising options, as all of them will have staff etc. |
| sellers. | | | | The UK housing market is about to get a lot more |
| Also apparent as strong in all of the results is Zoopla. | | | | competitive. Sellers will need to do everything in their |
| Zoopla doesn't accept private sellers either, but there is | | | | power to get a quick house sale. |
| now a way around that: Zoopla now accepts listings | | | | |