Sellers must Act NOW to Secure a move for Christmas

Sellers must Act NOW to Secure a move for Christmas

If you are planning a move and want to spend Christmas in your new home, homeowners will need to come to market in the next few weeks to stand a chance.

Believe it or not there are 186 days till Christmas.

Now that might sound like plenty of time and really it is; BUT if you are planning to move home in 2022 and want to stand a chance of spending Christmas in your new home, you must act now.

Here's why...

There are two key timeframes to consider: 1) the time to find a buyer and 2) the time to complete the legal paperwork

  1. Time to Find a Buyer - The average time to accept an offer from the point of listing your home online is 27 days in Derby and 24 Days in Burton upon Trent.
  2. Time to complete legal paperwork - The average time to get through conveyancing is now 150 days (5 months). That's the time it takes to complete all the legal paperwork after you have accepted your offer.

This leaves just 12 days to get your home valued, prepare your marketing and agree a "Selling Strategy". I know what you're thinking, well that's okay, we will just push it through with the solicitors and ask them to do it quicker but there are so many third parties involved in the conveyance that relying on just the solicitor (on one side of the transaction) is a risky game and the window is fast closing.

At Sure Sales & Lettings we have a number of ways to help speed up the average transaction, one of which is to have a "Buyer Information Pack" - in simple terms a legal ready pack that buyers can view before offering to allow them the opportunity to make a more informed decision and therefore gain more commitment from them. The "Buyer Information Pack" is also issued to the solicitors at the same time as the memo of sale, typically saving 3 weeks. Find out more by CLICK HERE.

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