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While reports that purchasers have resorted to gazumping – outbidding a buyer just before exchange – have been of concern, there is also a surprising amount of activity at the other end of the spectrum.

You’ve met the potential purchaser, accepted their offer and even seen a memorandum of sales but you get the call every seller dreads – your buyer pulled out of property sale.

If you’ve made the decision to sell a property you own, two things are pretty much guaranteed – you’ll want to sell property fast and for as much as possible. Sadly, these two outcomes don’t always sit happily together.

The number of property transactions that fall through before they successfully complete is reportedly rising. The reasons why are varied too and include the buyer failing to secure a mortgage; an unsuccessful negotiation period after a survey report; purchasers changing their minds; new yet unforeseen circumstances and the chain collapsing due lengthy delays.

5 ways to sell your property fast.

For the second year running, UK house prices need to drop by an average of 37%, to be affordable.

It will come as no surprise that 1.6 million households are worried about meeting their mortgage repayments. Add in the date of 31st July 2021 – when the mortgage holiday scheme is planned to end – an unsettled economic outlook and the scheduled end of furlough, and the coming months look set to really squeeze finances.

Selling a flat in a cladded block is not straightforward. Question marks over safety have put off buyers and mortgage lenders but there are others ways to sell up and move on.

Often described as one of the oldest marketing methods in estate agency, a ‘for sale’ board is the most outwardly visible sign that someone is selling their property. If you are using an estate agent, they will practically insist that a ‘for sale’ board is erected outside your home as even with the internet, enquiries as a result of a board are often more genuine and valuable than those that come from online.

The most affordable places to rent and the least affordable places to rent in the UK in 2020.