{"id":206,"date":"2015-03-05T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T08:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/for-sale-by-owner-uk-increasing-in-popularity-aol-report\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T12:24:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T12:24:50","slug":"for-sale-by-owner-uk-increasing-in-popularity-aol-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/for-sale-by-owner-uk-increasing-in-popularity-aol-report\/","title":{"rendered":"For Sale By Owner UK Increasing in Popularity AOL report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"FSBO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/for-sale-by-owner\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/for_sale_by_owner;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.06vvjy;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/For_sale_by_owner\" >For Sale By Owner<\/a> will become a more main stream way of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/sell-for-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">selling a home<\/a> in the UK. More and more people are heading online to sell and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Renting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renting\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renting;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01y857;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renting\" >rent<\/a> their <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Housing estate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/housing-estate\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/housing_estate;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01rtvp;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Housing_estate\" >homes<\/a> through a \u2018for sale by owner\u2019 website. <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">AOL News<\/i> recently reported that \u2018homebuyers, sellers and prospective renters are increasingly turning to the internet to make their move.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">But, is selling <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a> online the future? Or are vendors likely to continue to <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Use (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/use-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/use_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05r4j5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Use_(law)\" >use<\/a> a traditional High Street <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-agent\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_agent;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02dzpr;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_agent\" >estate agent<\/a>? We investigate.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Selling property online can save you money<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the main reasons that people turn to a \u2018for sale by owner\u2019 website is that it is generally significantly cheaper than using an <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.038t85;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_(law)\" >estate<\/a> agent. <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aol.co.uk\/\" target=\"\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">AOL News<\/i> <\/a>reports that \u2018most online fees lie around the \u00a3300 mark\u2019 whereas you would often pay between 1 and 2 per cent of the sale price of your home to an estate agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cPrivate <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a> sale websites let you advertise your property to millions of potential buyers,\u201d said Nick Marr, director of popular \u2018property sales by owner\u2019 website The House Shop. \u201cMost online agents provide photos and <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Floor plan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/floor-plan\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/floor_plan;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.02sp3v;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Floor_plan\" >floor plans<\/a> as part of their service, which is exactly what you\u2019d get from an estate agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll you have to do is show people around your home and conduct any negotiations. Considering the cost saving the average vendor will see by using an online agent, I am not surprised that more and more people are turning to private house sales websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, while the popularity of online agents looks set to grow, <i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">AOL News<\/i> doesn\u2019t believe that it spells the end for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/compare-estate-agents\" title=\"estate agents\">estate agents<\/a>. It concludes: \u201cWhile the popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/top-10-online-estate-agents\" title=\"online estate agents\">online estate agents<\/a> is on the rise, it&#8217;s unlikely it will lead to the end of the traditional high street estate agent. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>This is because although the savings are significant, not everyone is happy to have the biggest financial transaction of their lives conducted online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Advice about Selling With or Without An Agent<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Join The House Shop\u00a0property advice forum get tips and advice about selling property<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Sale By Owner will become a more main stream way of selling a home in the UK. More and more people are heading online to sell and rent their homes through a \u2018for sale by owner\u2019 website. 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