The Frustrations of Selling Houses

You have found your ideal retirement property – safe, secure, convenient and neighbourly. All you now need is to sell your old home – easy! It should be but the process is rarely trouble free and never quick. A recent MORI survey said that transaction times in the UK now averaged over 6 months, among the slowest in Europe. The problem revolves around the fact that, with some 80% of people owning their own home, most need to secure a sale on their present house before they can purchase a new one. As a result, even when you find your dream home and a buyer for your present property there is

invariably a chain of transactions which all need to be pulled together simultaneously. Estate agents, solicitors and mortgage lenders all run to their own timetables. How many times have we all heard solicitors say “It’ll happen when it happens!”

However, for many situations, time is of the essence and deadlines have to be met. This can be for a variety of reasons, some driven by positive factors and some by negative ones. On the positive side you may have found your “dream home” but need to secure it quickly or, a builder may be offering huge incentives for a quick completion while you are constrained by the market to a later and uncertain timescale. Negative reasons may be matrimonial break-up or mortgage payment difficulties. If you are moving into retirement your existing house may be too large and cold, or the garden has become unmanageable, or maybe you just want to move closer to the grandchildren? Simply the process of moving can put intolerable stress on people and the last thing they need is the further pressures of the traditional house sale. Quick Move Now is the only foolproof method of avoiding the stresses, delays and uncertainties of selling your present home in the open market. Most importantly it secures the property you want at the time you want it as we can synchronise our purchase of the current home with your new purchase. If the old home is worth more than your new one you may even manage to buy without the burden of a mortgage.

Quick Move Now, the largest, independent provider of such services in the UK, have bought and sold some 2000 homes worth over £350million and last year alone some 400 houses for in excess of £70million.
Our scheme has proven especially appropriate for people buying in the retirement sector as the combination of convenience, speed and the certainty of achieving the move they want in a cost effective way without continuing liability suits their needs precisely. Given the continuing uncertain housing market conditions, Quick Move Now is uniquely placed to offer you certainty and security in this critical time of life.