True Cost of Selling

Selling your property the ‘normal’ way, is a trade off between price and time. The whole process can typically take upto 12 months, and while you may receive slightly higher valuation , you are exposed to legal fees, estate agents fees, surveys, monthly repayments and a lot of paperwork. Most purchasers are also in a property chain, and your sale may depend on a chain of 10 properties or more!

The example below is based on a property valued and placed on the market at £180,000 with an outstanding mortgage of £150,000.

Monthly standard repayment at 5.5% would be approximately £1050
If it took 9 months to complete a sale, that is a cost of (£1050 * 9) £9450
Solicitor fee + VAT approximately £1500
Agent commission on £180,000 at 1.5% +vat would be £3172
 

Therefore, your total Cost of selling this property would be £14,122 + any other costs.