The Advantages of Private Sale

The Advantages of Private Sale

For most people who choose to sell their own homes the key reasons are:

• their frustration with the level of service provided by estate agents; and
• the high commission costs charged by estate agents.

Perhaps the biggest benefit of all, however, is one that many private sellers are not even aware of: being able to get a better sale price privately than through an estate agent (see below for an explanation as to why).

This guide answers the following questions:

• What are the advantages of private sale?
• Why is private sale becoming so popular?
• Can you sell privately and use an estate agent?
• How do you go about selling privately?
• What should you do next?
• Summary of advantages