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One of our market leading offers allows you to sell your house fast for the closest to market value available. Many say that this is the fairest deal around. Terms & Conditions do apply.

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  • We will provide a competitive Cash Offer Quote and also offer our Assisted Sale Purchase. With the Assisted Sale you will receive your upfront payment on Day 1 of the contract commencing, this is typically up to 10-15% of the purchase price. With the remainder of the contractual balance paid on completion, this amount is guaranteed and will be set in stone from the outset. Essentially it's a joint venture with an exchange and a delayed completion.

    If you are happy with your quote we will then arrange to visit your property and inspect your house in as quick as 48 hours. After this, if you decide to say "yes, buy my house" we will endeavor to complete the purchase in a far quicker time than if you were to sell to a traditional house buyer.

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Questions? Call us now at 0150 559 5000 to talk with a Direct House Buyer specialist.

“Direct House Buyer helped me to sell my house fast and achieve a great price”

— G. Turtle West Hampstead, London

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— R. Clark Taunton, Somerset
  • Do You Need all Cash within Two weeks? If not then our Assisted Sale Purchase can make you an upfront payment from the equity in your house on Day 1 and the balancing payment settled on final resale.

    Different to many of our competitors who may just be able to offer a straight cash sale we also have a variety of other options available. For example, our market leading Assisted Sale is a popular choice and allows us a bit more time to achieve a great price for your home, often the price we can pay is around 10% more than the highest cash offers available.

    • Essentially it’s an exchange with a delayed completion The amount we agree to buy your house for is set in stone and we can exchange quickly – In as fast as 7 days.

    • You receive an upfront payment of the agreed purchase price on Day 1 – This is a payment from the equity in your home.

    • We take over the responsibility of the property on exchange – You have to move out.

    • Completion is guaranteed and further supported by our cash fund.

    • You typically receive 10% more than the highest cash offer quotes available.

    There are other favourable options available, so please take the time to contact our purchasing team today. We usually offer both a quick cash sale quote and an Assisted Sale quote. If you don’t need all the cash in a particularly fast time i.e within a couple of weeks and you have up to 3 months available until you need to fully complete then our Assisted Sale offer allows you to achieve both a guaranteed sale and an amount that's closer to the market value of your home.

    At Direct House Buyer we wish to provide our sellers with a offer that’s as near to the 100% market value as possible. For that reason it’s important to take care with any price reductions you make so that you don’t unwittingly affect the true value of your home. It’s difficult to imagine that your house value could be affected through your own actions but it can.

    Usually by the time our customers contact us their properties have been on the market for longer than they initially anticipated and quite often they would have already reduced their asking price. This is usually through the suggestion from their estate agent who realistically has little power to attract new buyers. They ultimately want to sell your home and don’t always have the sellers best interests at heart. If you express to your agent that you wish to sell your house quickly and in turn they suggest that you reduce your asking price they probably won’t caution you that this will in effect lower the market value of your house.

    In practice it’s a surveyors job to determine the market value for your home and even if the surveyor truly believes that your house is worth more than what you are asking, unfortunately they can’t value your house at a higher price than what is advertised and in their opinion it’s current price is the market value. At the same time even if you take the house off the market or put the price back up it’s the surveyors job to check Rightmove Plus which shows a historical database of listed prices and once again they won’t value your home any higher than the lowest price it was recently advertised at. The same applies to a mortgage lender, they wouldn’t wish to pay more for a house now than if they could have bought at cheaper price and limited their exposure a few weeks back, they would establish the previous listed price as the current market value particularly if it didn’t sell at that lower price. Here at Direct House Buyer we want to give you as high a offer as possible so that you will be happy to sell to us and happy with the price you achieve. All our offers are based upon your homes current market value so please contact us first.

    The quickest way to sell your house through Direct House Buyer is to complete via a straight cash sale, you can sell your house fast in a hassle free way and at a timescale that suits your situation, usually within two to three weeks. Similar to other industry leaders our cash offer will not be as close to the market value as some of our other options that are available. Typically, cash offers are usually around the same amount throughout the industry, however we will always endeavour to provide a better quote than our competitors as we understand that our customers will shop around and receive multiple quotes. If you don’t necessarily need to complete within a couple of weeks and have more time on your hands then we have other options available such as an assisted sale which has a pre-agreed price, exchange and then a slightly delayed completion (typically 3 months) which will result in you receiving a higher price that's closer to the market value of your property.

    How Fast Are Houses Selling On The Open Market

    The Rightmove House Price Index shows the average UK house price for a given month based on asking prices from sellers, it's a good indication of real time sentiment in the market from sellers. However, to see the sentiment from buyers it's important to also look at other indices that are based on sold prices, such as data from The Land Registry. The recent report from Rightmove for November shows that house prices have fallen by 1.4% in the past month. The average house price now stands at £366,592, a monthly decrease of £5366. The full report can be seen here for November's figures.

    The figures for November show a second consecutive month of larger than expected house price falls, last month's fall was just 0.3% but November has shown a far greater decline of 1.4%. Prices do often fall at this time of year but this level is unusual. Nervousness surrounding the budget is one possible reason. On a positive note there's still a lot more activity from both buyers and sellers when compared to the same time last year with 6% more sellers and 26% more sales agreed. On the 7th November the Bank of England cut the base rate by 0.25% to now being 4.75%, this was widely expected and was positively received but not as much as expected, as it still comes with the caveat that rates will fall again in the future but slowly. For the reason that rates are expected to fall further during 2025 and therefore mortgages will become cheaper and more affordable Rightmove have stated a prediction of a 4% increase in asking prices by the end of next year.

    A summary of the fastest moving regions through to the slowest for figures produced in November can be seen in the table below, it shows the average amount of days that it takes to sell a house in The UK. At the top of the table Scotland remains the fastest region to sell a house taking 34 days, which is the same amount of time that it took last month. The North East is the fastest region in England at 55 days which is significantly faster than the other English regions. Wales is the region that takes the longest time to sell a home in The UK at 70 days, which is a day longer than it took last month

    1. Scotland – 34 Days
    2. North East – 55 Days
    3. North West – 61 Days
    4. West Midlands – 61 Days
    5. London – 63 Days
    6. Yorks & Humber – 64 Days
    7. East of England – 65 Days
    8. South West – 67 Days
    9. South East – 67 Days
    10. East Midlands – 68 Days
    11. Wales – 70 Days

    UK Monthly Change In The Time It Takes To Find A House Buyer

    The below list shows the monthly change in the amount of days it takes for a seller to find a buyer who has agreed to buy their house. The figures produced by Rightmove show the difference in time for properties that have been advertised "For Sale" and then changed to "STC" (subject to completion). The most recent figures show that it took an average 62 days to sell a house in the UK during October, which is a day slower than the previous month. It just so happens that this is the same number of days that it took to sell a house as it did at the same time last year.

    1. January 2024 – 78 Days
    2. February 2024 – 71 Days
    3. March 2024 – 64 Days
    4. April 2024 – 62 Days
    5. May 2024 – 60 Days
    6. June 2024 – 59 Days
    7. July 2024 – 59 Days
    8. August 2023 – 60 Days
    9. September 2024 – 61 Days
    10. October 2024 – 62 Days
    11. November 2023 – 66 Days
    12. December 2023 – 71 Days

    This Month's Property News Highlights

    House prices have risen 2.9% in the past year is the headline story as reported by this helpful update from Which. It is mentioned that house prices haven't increased as much as expected this year due to expensive mortgage rates. The guide also highlights data from other indices such as Rightmove which is the most current data based on asking prices. Zoopla's data is based on Sold prices and Nationwide and Halifax are based on approved mortgages. Which attribute properties taking longer to sell due to higher mortgage rates.

    The UK House Price Index is the most accurate source of information as it is based on sold prices recorded at The Land Registry, it shows that the average house price was £291,828, for figures reported for September. This is a monthly fall of 0.3%, resulting in the average house price falling by £1096 in just one month and a yearly house price increase of 2.9%.

    The Bank of England interest rate has been cut to 4.75% during November. This is now 0.5% lower than it's recent high. It was predicted that the base rate would be cut at this meeting but now analysts don't expect any further cuts any time soon and the base rate is expected to remain unchanged at the next meeting. There is now caution in the air since the recent budget has caused concerns, such as a new higher minimum wage and a hike in national insurance contributions to be paid by employers, this may in turn cause the prices of goods and services to rise. The next interest rate report is due on 19th December.

    The Government have a new form of reporting data called Private Rent and House Prices. It shows the relationship between house prices and private rent. In the November report it can be seen that the cost of renting has risen 8.7% in the past year, a small increase of 0.3% on last month. Tenants are still being squeezed between paying higher prices at the shops and utilities and also facing higher rent. The rise in the cost of renting has been put down to inflation. The report also focuses on house prices and says that the UK national house price has increased by 2.9% and gives the rounded up figure of £292,000, which is £1000 less than what was reported last month.

    The quickest place to find a buyer in the UK is Carluke in Scotland taking just 24 days. As a region Scotland is the fastest in the UK taking 34 days for figures reported in October. Scotland has repeatedly been the fastest region and this is partly due to the different conveyancing system that takes place in Scotland, where buyers are required to have a Home Report and completion dates are established before sellers have found a new home to move in too, reducing the time buyers and sellers are stuck in a chain.

    Labour won the election and have pledged more affordable homes. The Labour manifesto includes a number of proposals for the property market. In particular they aim to help 80,000 first time buyers to get onto the property ladder in the next 5 years by continuing the mortgage guarantee scheme. Under the scheme lenders are encouraged to offer higher LTV mortgages and therefore first time buyers will require a smaller deposit. Unfortunately, more first time buyers will have to pay stamp duty as Labour pledge to reduce the zero stamp duty threshold from 425,000 to 300,000. The biggest housing goal for the Labour Party is to ensure that 1.5 million homes are built in the next five years, this is a big target but also much needed to satisfy the shortage of housing in The UK. In a recent Survey of 300 industry professionals 95% don't think that the government will be able to acheive their targets.

    Tax rises from the budget, may hold back property price growth according to this article from Money Week. Despite mortgages becoming cheaper in the foreseeable future from further interest rate cuts, home buyers may be facing affordability issues caused by the recent tax hikes and a possible increase in inflation due to higher costs for business owners.

    London is the fastest growing region in the south of The UK. We have also seen the speed of property sales greatly improve for London, when previously last year London was the slowest region in The Uk to sell a house, now it is the fifth fastest region.

    Many people wonder the what term We Buy any House actually means. This term is used throughout the property buying industry but does come with some terms and conditions. Of course all companies could make some sort of offer on any property as essentially everything has a price so in being able to make offers on each and every enquiry is entirely possible. However, some companies endeavour to buy any home more than others. Various reasons that are usually associated to the property itself could stop an offer being made, such as:

    -Structural issues that could cost more than what’s feasible to repair, essentially writing off a property. We come across property’s everyday that need remedial work and that’s’ fine. For example if your home requires further damp proofing before a surveyors inspection this is something that we can factor into the deal. But if the property requires major structural work that costs more than the amount that you will receive after paying any mortgage off, then unfortunately we wouldn’t be able to help in this example. Here are some examples of what to look out for in a survey report

    -The property is unmortgageable and this could be for a variety of different reasons Your home may have a short lease that can’t be renewed or the property may need renovation works to pass a surveyors inspection.

    The Location – At Direct House Buyer we can buy houses all across the UK whether it’s a busy city location or of the most rural of properties. Certain restrictions apply to what type of deals we can offer in Scotland and unfortunately we can’t purchase homes in Northern Ireland.

    We get many enquiries from Landlords who are looking to sell some of their portfolio for a variety of different reasons, Often landlords ask if they can sell a tenanted property and the answer is Yes. We are able to buy properties that are tenanted but the terms of the tenancy must be fair and at the market rate. If you are a Landlord who is wishing to free up some cash or even just tired of your landlord duties and finally wish to sell up, then please contact one of our advisors today to discuss your specific requirements.

    At Direct House Buyer you sell your property directly to us. Our head office uses it’s own cash fund to help facilitate straight cash sales, Assisted Sale and delayed completions. No need to wait for a buyer to walk though your door, you dictate the time that you want to sell and the price you will eventually receive is set in stone, before any transaction begins. The amount that you receive on completion is also free from any fee’s and associated costs as these are covered by ourselves.

    When speaking to one of our advisors, you will be asked a series of questions regarding your property and based on this and comparable prices in your area our specialist will be able to give you a preliminary price (which is subject to inspection) on the initial phone call conversation.

    Once you have considered our offer to buy your house and are happy with the price, timescale and terms, we will then further inspect your property. At Direct House Buyer we cover all fee’s and costs so at our expense and still of no commitment to yourselves we will instruct the following to further examine your property:

    1) Two Independent estate agents who will have local knowledge and will be local to your area

    2) A Independent RICS Surveyor will be Instructed to visit your property

    3) A Solicitor will be instructed that you can choose from our own panel. Or if you wish to instruct your own solicitor then we can contribute towards the fees.

    4) We will meet the pre agreed exchange and completion dates. You can even choose to exchange first and delay completion to a timescale that best suits your situation.

    Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS As mentioned all market valuations are approved by an independent RICS Surveyor leaving you rest assured that our offer is based on the fair market value for your home.

    Guide to selling your house A step by step guide to selling your home, It includes handy information regarding stamp duty, estate agents etc

    Breaking out of a housing chain helpful information regarding being stuck in a chain, we receive many enquiries from sellers looking for a solution to this problem.

    Selling your house yourself a more common trend these days for homeowners to take the process of selling their home into their own hands, here’s a guide full of the pro’s and con’s of doing it yourself and what to look out for.

    Helpful advice to help you sell your house faster, certain tips in here are a easy fix to help improve the value of your home.

    Money Saving Expert provides a very handy guide which includes tips of how to sell your house quickly and comparisons between online agents, high street estate agents and selling privately. Getting a EPC certificate and the possibility of selling your house first and moving into rented accomodation before you buy your next home are all considered. The option of selling to an online house buyer hasn’t been compared but information with that comparison can be found here

    Get in touch with us today and a member of our experienced purchasing team will be able to provide you with a variety of different offers that can be tailored to suit your needs. Our offers will vary according to a few different variables:

    Your property location – Off course you can’t physically change the location of your house and if you feel that it’s the location of your property that may be making it difficult to sell then that may not be a problem for us. Our team of house buyers are experienced in purchasing property throughout the UK and we will always endeavour to make a fair offer even for the most rural locations. Our we buy any house service means that we endeavor to buy any house throughout England, Scotland and Wales. We are able to consider problem properties that for various reasons can't be sold through an ordinary house sale e.g. your property may require structural works before it can become mortgage-able again and therefore requires a cash buyer. If your in a sticky situation that needs specialist attention then it's worth speaking to our specialist to see how we can help.

    What’s your Timescale – When speaking to us one of our first questions will be how quickly do you need to sell. If you require a particularly fast sale then we will endeavour to offer a quick cash purchase using our own cash fund and complete in the timescale that you require. However, if you do have a bit more spare time on your hands then we will be able to make you a more competitive offer that’s closer to the full market value of your home.

    If you wish to sell your house fast for near market value then please ask one of our advisors about the Assisted Sale product. Most of our competitors solely offer a straight cash sale which can often be very fast in terms of timescale but may also not be so favourable in terms of the agreed sale price. Therefore, if you do have a bit more time on your hands and are able to give us a few months to fully complete the sale then we will be able buy your house fast for an amount that’s far closer to the market value. Essentially our Assisted Sale product is an exchange with a delayed completion, we will also provide you with an initial cash sum that will allow you to move on, in return you will give us a few months to fully complete the sale of your property and after this timeframe you will receive the full pre-agreed remaining balance.

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