One of the most common complaints from home-sellers is the amount of fees they have to pay in order to sell their property. When you take all the charges off the sale price of your property, you can end up getting less money than you thought you might.

The low-fee way to sell your home

Estate agents charge fees to cover the cost of marketing your property. This includes sale boards, newspaper advertising, producing property details and website entries. If you find a buyer without having to do any of these things, then there's no need for a fee to be charged. Instead of an estate agent, contact a specialist property company, which will buy your property directly from you for no additional fee.

The reason that Discount Property Auction doesn't charge high fees for its services is because there's no need to. Our selling process is straightforward – we have buyers waiting to put an offer in on your property, and you upload all the property details to our online site yourself, so there's no need to worry about high marketing costs – everything's taken care of online.

What about legal costs?

Legal fees are usually payable on all house sales. The transferring of ownership of a property from one person to another is a legal transaction and therefore the proper documentation must be drawn up. This is no different when a faster sale is arranged directly between you and a property company; the difference is that by selling through an auction site, your sale may move faster and is more likely to go through first time, helping you to save money in legal fees.

I'll have to pay to move out

Depending on why you're selling your home, you may have to pay for removals, and a property company won't cover these expenses. If you have to sell, however, rather than choosing to sell, you may be interested in renting your house back once the sale is complete. This may help if you're in a situation where you need a faster sale to avoid repossession, for example, or where you need to raise money to finalise a divorce settlement, but want to stay in the house so that you don't disrupt your family. By selling through an online property auction, you may find a buyer who is looking for rental property, and is happy to let you stay in the house as a tenant.

If you need help to get a faster sale for your property, contact us at Discount Property Auction. We're committed to helping you, whatever your circumstances. If you want to sell your home, you can use our dedicated online auction facility, which allows you to upload your property yourself and put it in front of genuine, interested buyers. Call us now on 0800 1313 999 or email admin@discountpropertyauction.co.uk to arrange a valuation today.